Ukraine turns Yak-52 two-seat trainer into Russian drone hunter-killer

The Yakovlev Yak-52, a training aircraft that's popular with civilian pilots performing aerobatics, is being repurposed by Ukraine for a more aggressive application – destroying Russian drones.

One of the key features of the war in Ukraine has been the ingenuity of Kyiv's forces and their ability to turn non-combat equipment into offensive weapons.

An example of that happened over Odessa when a Ukrainian Yak-52 was filmed chasing down a Russian Orlan 10 reconnaissance drone.

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