The state-run Russian news outlet RIA Novosti has reported that it will modernize the single-engine propeller-driven Yak-52 training aircraft to fight Ukrainian drones. This comes months after Ukraine was observed using Yak-52s to shoot down Russian drones over the Ukrainian city of Odesa, where a passenger in the two-seat trainer shot down the recon drones with machine guns. It is often said there is nothing new in this world, and sometimes, new adaptations and advancements seem to be part of an historical cosplay.