What Ukrainians found inside a new Russian jet-powered drone

Russia's new jet. powered drones are proving. difficult to intercept. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh gets a rare. look at a captured drone, and the Western made components inside. It's that more terrifying. The new. The jet engines of the latest Russian. drone horror in Ukraine. Skies faster, more precise. and deadlier. Here, causing students. to flee in Kiev.

CNN got a rare glimpse. of what makes the Geran-4. jet powered Russian drone. so terrifying. Defense intelligence Ukraine sent us. video of one of their experts. dismantling a trophy model, one that didn't blow up. when it was downed. They're fast up to 375 miles an hour. because of these jet engines. The difference is that. this engine is more powerful.

It is produced in China by tele fly. But now Russia is capable. of making a full copy. They show us. the brains components. they say were made in China, the labeling of which the Russians. have scratched off to hide their origins. And what's key? This so-called mesh modem, which bounces. signals off other drones in the sky. to make a network. That means they can send. video and radio. live feeds back to Russian operators. Horrific precision like this in Kiev.

Possible because the Russian operators. can see live feeds of where they're going. and what they will hit. The ground for a fast. You have to be lucky to hit them. and they still come tumbling down. Russian video gloats. of this new capability. Their new toy mass produced. in their enormous booger. factory in the east. and the Kiev bridges that it hit.

But this is not a Russian only creation. We're shown. how it relies on lots of Western parts, but anywhere. and anyhow on the open global market. So this is a flight control unit. This one different worlds. This is a Texas instrument, U.S. made component. Right. And you can see every single all boards. How do you know that Texas Instruments. if they've scratched off the markings? You can see here. It's.

the right angle. You can see, through a marking. It doesn't it. shock you. that this is still available to them? It's not shocking because it's not. The military component is the common. You see, you can. buy it everywhere in the world, leading in free, open world. And it's sort of difficult to. do. Broke these chains, world. chains with markets. There's no suggestion. Texas Instruments has any role in supply.

And they told us they strongly. oppose Russian use. And all shipments to Russia. are illicit and unauthorized. What's new today? Will tomorrow. be old. in a horrific race. to learn, improve, kill. and then repeat it all over again? Now, Becky, during this crisis of US. Ukrainian relations, one of the key. things was the. capacity for Starlink. dishes being restricted. so they could fly at the kind of speed. needed to intercept Russian drones,

namely those jet powered drones. you just seen there. This still, too, is part of the kind of evolution. on the battlefield. They talk about a cycle of 4 to 6 weeks. where something new comes along, which potentially makes the old tools. obsolete. Ukraine is struggling to get interceptors. that function fast enough. to take down these jet powered drones. And the civilian toll is staggering. I should remind people. that the one year old girl, Angelina, killed outside of her. cave along with her mother, Ina, a few days ago. They were hit by a jet. powered drone in a park.

A kind of play area. Not far from where they lived. So the toll clear here, and the technology. and the pace of evolution here. Startling. Nick, it's good to have you. Thank you. I want to bring in Gregoire Ruess. He's the director of the, Europe and Russia and Eurasia programs. at Chatham House. Now for more. It's good to have you. I just want our viewers to have a listen, to what Donald Trump said recently, about Zelensky.

and the fact that he believes Zelensky. doesn't want to see an end to this. Stand by. Ukraine has to want to settle this war. Zelensky has to want to settle this war. And if he doesn't, I think it's going to be. a very bad thing. We've given a lot to Ukraine. We've gotten absolutely nothing back. except grieve death. Tremendous monetary loss. We've gotten nothing back. And the American. taxpayers are tired of it. What are the. implications of,

of this sort of rhetoric. from the US president at this point? And what do you understand. to be the support, or. lack thereof, at this point? Hello, Becky. Thank you for having me. Well, I think it clarifies the position. of Donald Trump, vis a vis Russia and Ukraine. I would first say that there's always a. yo yo moment with Donald Trump. So, you know, six months ago, you had those tweets saying. how terrific a guy, quote unquote, President Zelensky was.

Now, of course, he's a liability on the way to peace. that Donald Trump absolutely wants to, to bring. And, he just has always preferred. Vladimir Putin. And you've actually heard it from, Steve Woodruff himself. a moment ago when he told President. Putin, you two are. you are a humanitarian, sir. So, someone who is, who has a warrant. by the International Criminal Court. is seen by, humanitarian by,

no other than the special envoy. of the president of the United States. And the second is that President Zelensky. is someone who has, voiced concerns. that, he is not just a thank you, man. He is also serving his people who, actually is facing every single day, horrendous tragedies and casualties. and not just within the armed forces, but also civilians. And, Donald Trump doesn't like that. What do you make of these latest efforts. that we've had with in in Norway? Talking to Zelenskyy.

and other Europeans. gets to Saint Petersburg. Well, we hear on the record, that in conversation with the, Vladimir Putin. that he's brought some new ideas. that he wants to discuss. with the Russian president. We were just talking. to our reporter in Moscow, our correspondent. there, Matthew Chance, who says the briefing. that the media were given. sort of post this three hour meeting. between Wyckoff and Putin, is that effectively there was nothing.

and new nothing that was actually sort. of a piece of substance. that Wyckoff had brought. So where does that leave. things at this point? How do you read this? Well, you know, it. reminds me of what the head. of the intelligence service. of the big NATO country told me. before the summer. about, the special envoys of the U.S. and he told me, you know, I think they are genuinely committed. to bringing peace to that war. They only have one problem. They like competence. and diplomatic skills.

And I think this episode that confirms. it, I think there is genuine, willingness to bring. a piece to that, to the table. and to put an end to that conflict. But the methodology is just wrong. because there is a misreading of, what is happening on the battlefield. And President Zelensky. reminded yesterday. and earlier this afternoon. that, Russia was actually not winning. on the battlefield, that the Ukrainians. had not been defeated yet. and that Donbas, of all places,

had not be conquered by Russia. Just yet. I think what we may see. is what. present Zelensky. discussed yesterday with Steve with. and this is where. there might be something going. in some form of direction. that might please Donald. Trump is an agreement. on some kind of of. of sectorial ceasefire, especially on food, on energy that. would actually, bring an end, at least for now, to the, Ukrainian attacks.

on Russian energy infrastructure. But this is. what actually has infuriated. the US president for the past two weeks. We heard, the Russian president say. that he's not averse effectively. to trilateral negotiations. And it was interesting to hear that. because Zelensky in Norway, just in the past. 24 hours, had suggested. it would be better. if the Europeans were at the table. But, you know, at a minimum, he was looking for trilateral, negotiations. Now, Europe has a, you know,

the implications and impact of this war. are all too clear. for the Europeans at this point. Would it not be better. for them to be at the table? And what chance at this point, I think would definitely be better. for the Europeans to be at the table, especially given the role. they've been playing. since the beginning of the war. and especially since Donald Trump, came back, to, to the white House, given the fact that. now the Europeans. are the ones footing the bill,

they are paying for, us. military equipment, and they're actually the ones that are, enabling allowing the Ukrainians. to sustain, their expenditure and, and, and preventing them from bankruptcy. So that's one thing. The second is that the, President Putin simply. doesn't want that, he only wants to deal with Donald Trump, because he knows he can manipulate him, because he knows how. to play with his ego, because he knows. that, Donald Trump. thinks he is.

the master of the art of the deal. And they're only talking about. business and business deals. Yeah. So he thinks that rather than Putin. can be, can can bend the knee in a way, but which is not something. that, that Putin is used to doing. And of course, President XI, because for President Putin, whose obsession is to ensure. that Russia remains. seen as a major power, not just a big power, but a major world power. The only level with which he. can deal is, presidential level.

in Beijing and Washington. And so the Europeans are mostly, a problem for Vladimir Putin. He doesn't want to, to do. to deal with them.