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A wounded Ukrainian soldier stranded in a contested 'kill zone' was reportedly airlifted to safety by attaching himself to the winch of a hexacopter drone, which carried him roughly 39 miles. The operation is described as a pioneering use of drone technology for battlefield medical evacuation.
Ukraine's 92nd Assault Brigade and 30th Mechanized Brigade say they completed the first known drone evacuation of a wounded soldier, using a Gurzuf Defence hexacopter to lift an infantryman, callsign 'Kostya,' from a mined area roughly 11 miles behind enemy lines. The soldier was clipped into a harness and flown out while operators stayed in radio contact and accompanying drones guarded against Russian kamikaze UAVs.
Ukraine's 92nd Separate Assault Brigade released video it says shows the first evacuation of a wounded infantryman by aerial drone, after landmines and enemy drone activity ruled out ground vehicles. The soldier was strapped into a heavy-lift hexacopter, originally built as a bomber by a Ukrainian manufacturer, and flown to safety at low altitude. The brigade says the soldier is now undergoing treatment and rehabilitation.