The chain gun built for civilians in the killing zone of Ukraine.

The chain gun built for civilians in the killing zone of Ukraine.

As the danger spreads to the roads and neighborhoods behind the front, the emergence of the chain rifle shows how the threats usually associated with the battlefields are becoming part of everyday civilian life in Ukraine.

In a training session with the Omega Unit of the Ukrainian National Guard, engineers from defense technology company BlueBird Tech describe how to use their web cannon, called Chipa, to jam the propellers of an approaching drone.

Photo: Jakub Laichter/The Kyiv Independent.