A look at how Ukraine’s drone success is influencing Pentagon planning in the Middle East

. THANK YOU. ONGOING WAR IN UKRAINE NOW, REPORTEDLY AGREED TO SEND BATTLE. TESTED DRONES TO THE U.S. AS. PART OF THE PENTAGON'S GROUND ON. INITIATIVE. JENNIFER GRIFFIN TAKES A LOOK AT. THAT. >> EXPLOSIONS LIKE OIL. REFINERIES ACROSS RUSSIA CAUSED. BY UKRAINIAN DRUMS ABLE TO REACH. DEEP INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY HAVE.

TAKEN 40% OF RUSSIA'S REFINING. CAPACITY OFF-LINE, LEADING TO. MILES LONG GAS LINES AFFECTING. TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. ACROSS RUSSIA. AMONG THE CULPRITS, STATE-OF-THE-ART STRONGHOLD. MICHAEL WHICH MEANS HAMMER IN. UKRAINIAN, 25 FEET LONG AND CAN. CARRY 1700-POUND PAYLOAD OVER. 350 MILES AND CAN LAUNCH AERIAL. DRONES FROM THE SEA NEAR ENEMY. SHORES.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A U.S. MANUFACTURING FIRM SIGNED AN. AGREEMENT TO MANUFACTURE. UKRAINIAN DRONES WHICH SUNK 19. RUSSIAN NAVY VESSELS DESTROYING. RUSSIA'S LEXI FLEET. UKRAINE'S FORCE WILL PARTNER. WITH OREGON-BASED RECON CRAFT TO. MASS-PRODUCE FOR THE U.S. MILITARY. >> YOU HAVE BOTH GO OUT TO THE. SHORE OF YOUR ENEMY AND LAUNCH. SMALL CRIMES FROM THERE, YOU CAN. TAKE TARGETS FAR PRETTY CHEAPLY.

>> THE U.S. NEEDS TO PRODUCE. DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AT. SCALE. >> LOSING THIS AND UKRAINE AND. FUSSED ABOUT ELEMENTS FOR FUTURE. FIGHTS. >> UKRAINE'S SUCCESS ON THE. BATTLEFIELD IS SHAPING PENTAGON. PLANNING. UKRAINE'S OPS AERIAL DRONES ARE. NOW SHSHOOTING DOWN IRANIAN DROE. SWARMS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST. AND UKRAINE SAYS IT WILL SOON BE. ABLE TO FIELD LASER WEAPONS TO. INTERCEPT DRONES. MASSIVE STREET PROTESTS FOLLOWED.

PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY'S ABRUPT. DECISION TO FIRE HIS YOUNG. DEFENSE MINISTER LARGELY. CREDITED WITH ORCHESTRATING. UKRAINE'S RECENT CHROME. SUCCESSES. >> PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY HAS SINCE. REVERSED COURSE AND FIRED THE. DEFENSE MINISTER'S RIVAL. INSTEAD, WHO HEADED UKRAINE'S. ARMED FORCES AND ACCUSED OF. HAVING A SOVIET MENTALITY. NOT YET CLEAR WHETHER THE FORM.