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Sinéad Baker @ Business Insider · today 08:06 EDT

Ukrainian soldiers armed with scissors say they cut any fiber-optic drone cable they see — even if it might be their own

Ukrainian troops cut fiber-optic drone wires they find — even at the risk of disabling their own — to stop Russian attacks.

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