Ukrainian volunteers practice drone operations, not far from Kiev, before being sent to the eastern-Ukrainian conflict zone for aerial researching. Photograph: Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA We arrived in Krasnoarmiysk, Ukraine, at 3am. Two soldiers wearing balaclavas...

With Ukrainian soldiers buying their own uniforms, volunteers are now stepping in to equip the troops facing rebels in the east. The People's Drone, which will be used to monitor the border with Russia, has been championed by well-known Ukrainian nationalists....