Is NATO ready for drone warfare?

"We need to learn from the Ukrainians," Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform (CER), told DW. "They have a pretty high success rate in bringing down Russian drones, and, if they have the technology to do it, we need to acquire it and copy it."

Bond, of the CER, is skeptical about the alliance's current drone defense capabilities. "The impression is that NATO was not prepared for shooting down drones," he said, "and it needs to step up its game considerably."

Bond said NATO needed to show more resolve and take down Russian drones whenever it can be safely done — even if they are flying over western Ukraine.