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BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Monday announced export controls on some drones and drone-related equipment, saying it wanted to safeguard "national security and interests" amid escalating tension with the United States over access to technology. The restrictions on equipment including some drone engines, lasers, communication equipment and anti-drone systems would take effect on Sept. 1, the commerce ministry said. The controls would also affect some consumer drones, and no civilian drones could be exported for military purposes, a ministry spokesperson said in a statement.

Military tells me. >> translator: about 30 companies in ukraine are already mass producing these drones. our goal is to purchase up to 200,000 by the end of the year. >> reporter: their backs up against the wall when russia's massive army invaded last year, the ukrainians quickly realized cheap air power could help keep them in the fight. first using modified consumer drones, now with more sophisticated uavs developed in ukraine, what the government here calls the army of drones project spearheaded by the minister of digital transformation. >> translator: this is a technological war and it's v...

>> translator: about 30 companies in ukraine are already mass producing these drones and our goal is to purchase up to 200,000 by the end of the year. >> reporter: their backs up against the wall when russia's massive army invaded last year the ukrainians quickly realized cheap air power could keep them in the fight first using modified consumer drones now with more sophisticated uavs developed in ukraine, what the government calls the army of drones project spearheaded by the minister of digital transformation. >> translator: this is a technological war and it's important to understand how te...

Me. >> oh, it's game changing stuff because we have no so much forces, we have no so much guns, and bullets and so on, so we have to be smart or we will die. >> reporter: the place is run like a start-up, no idea is off limits. the soldiers work around the clock, repairing, modifying, and arming consumer drones. led by a young whiz known as the serpent. it's way better to know in advance that an assault is covering. literally every meter we are watching it helps to save lives during the assault and withdraw. >> reporter: ukrainian's army says the russians have around five times more troops her...

High-tech drones are the latest big thing in modern warfare. But the kind you can buy off the shelf to play with at home can also be helpful in times of need, as Ukrainians are discovering.