 Expensive Russian military equipment have become the prey of cheap homemade drones. In the conditions of the Ukrainian war, cheap homemade drones are in many ways better than expensive factory-made attack drones. The New York Times writes about this in an article on the work of drone operators at the front. Constructed from hobby drones, consumer electronics and gaming equipment, handcrafted combat drones have become one of the deadliest and most widespread innovations in more than 14 months of hostilities in Ukraine. Journalists note that small drones have significantly increased the combat potential of Ukrainian soldiers, giving them the ability to drop hand grenades into enemy trenches or bunkers with incredible accuracy. Soldiers and civilian volunteers make them in garage workshops, experimenting with and inventing 3D printed materials, explosives and specially designed software to try to evade Russian electronic countermeasures. A cheap drone destroying a much more expensive armoured personnel carrier is a prime example of asymmetric warfare used to overcome the technological or numerical advantage of the enemy, the authors of the article state.