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'Get good or get dead,' says Kyiv resident fighting Russians with drones

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published February 23, 2026 at 12:03 PM EST
Firefighters put out a fire after a drone hit a residential building during a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (Sergei Grits/AP)
Sergei Grits/AP
Firefighters put out a fire after a drone hit a residential building during a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (Sergei Grits/AP)

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Dmytro Vezelov, who joined us four years ago when the Russian invasion began.

Since then, he’s gone from a desk job to coordinating drones to fight Russian invaders.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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