Matt Sparkes
Technology reporter who recently visited Ukraine to report from drone factories and training centres, providing frontline reporting and analysis on drone warfare.
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Feb 27, 2026 • 20min
How Ukraine Became a Drone Factory - and Changed Warfare Forever
Serhii Andriev, a Ukrainian drone-regiment deputy commander with frontline drone combat experience, and Matt Sparkes, a technology reporter who toured drone factories and training centres. They talk about Ukraine scaling mass drone production, how factories and training turned soldiers into operators, the rise of ground robots and gamified kill systems, and rapid tech evolution and countermeasures.
