The soldiers use truck-mounted machine guns to shoot down Russian drones packed with explosives. The Ukrainians said they are fueled by anger at Russia and a desire to protect their country.

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But the orientation of the lander is currently unknown. Houston-based Intuitive Machines, which last year became the first private-sector company to soft-land a vehicle on the moon, said that its ...