Daily Mail
Ukraine has conducted the first unmanned drone evacuation of an injured soldier in the history of warfare.
The infantryman, callsign ‘Kostya’, was wounded while alone in position on the eastern Kharkiv front.
As he was surrounded by Russian kamikaze drones and the terrain was heavily mined, he could not be safely evacuated by a rescue team or ground vehicle.
So, as a last resort, commanders turned to a new piece of kit – a heavily modified bomber drone.
Flanked by a fleet of smaller kamikaze drones and quadcopters armed with nets to snare enemy aircraft, the device swooped in to land beside him.
Incredible footage shows the serviceman from the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade strap himself to the Heavy Shot drone, which was piloted by ‘Chornyi’ of the 30th Mechanised Brigade.
Clinging to a harness on the drone’s underbelly, the 80kg soldier is then lifted into the sky and carried 18km (11 miles) away from the frontline to safety.
Unseen, the fleet of Ukrainian drones flank the craft on all sides to protect him.
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