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Local and federal law enforcement agencies are deploying drone technology tested in Ukraine for surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border. 100 Days in Appalachia traveled to Uzhhorod on the Ukraine-Slovakia border with Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting journalist Alexandra Markovich to document the pipeline from the Ukrainian front line to the border guard. One drone replaces 30 people, according to 1st Lt. Andrii Hrechka. On Ukraine's western border, they're used to catch people attempting to flee the country and evade the draft

“It just struck me the lengths that some Ukrainians are willing to go in order to get out of the country are, at times, at least comparable to the lengths people who are trying to cross the border into the U.S. on the southern side have to go in order to get into the country,” Markovich said.

Generous support from the International Women’s Media Foundation made this reporting from Ukraine possible.

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