Ukraine Brigade Says Drone Evacuated Wounded Soldier

Ukraine’s 92nd Separate Assault Brigade says it used a large aerial drone to evacuate a wounded soldier from a frontline position, where mines and intense drone activity made a conventional rescue impossible. The brigade described the mission as the first of its kind, though the footage and its claim of a first have not been independently verified. Video published by the brigade shows the soldier fastening himself to a carrier or winch attached to a six-rotor drone. The aircraft then lifts him from the ground and carries him away. The brigade said the soldier is receiving treatment and is no longer in life-threatening danger. The brigade said specialists from its Unmanned Ground Systems Company helped prepare the aircraft to carry a person. The soldier was in a position surrounded by mines and exposed to heavy drone activity, conditions that made it too dangerous for a ground rescue, according to the brigade. The unit said ground robots, which Ukraine has used to evacuate wounded personnel, could not carry out the operation there. The brigade did not disclose when or where the evacuation took place. One report said the video could not be independently verified. The footage...