Ukrainian military member works with drone parts in a lab on July 10, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukrainian military member works with drone parts in a lab on July 10, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  • Ukrainian volunteer groups have been constructing makeshift explosive drones for the country's army.
  • The improvised explosive-dropping devices are cobbled together using Chinese DJI copters.
  • One drone technician said he's worried China could suspend the accounts needed to make the drones fly.

Ukrainian drone pilots are worried that China could remotely lock them out of their homemade devices patched together using Chinese products.