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Ukrainian forces evacuate injured soldier from front-line position by drone in 'first-of-its-kind' mission, video shows (kyivindependent.com)
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The wounded soldier, serving with the 30th Brigade, had spent nearly 500 days at a front-line position "under constant threat of death." His fellow soldiers maintained contact with him and delivered food, water, ammunition, and medicine by drone, Gurzuf Defense said.

After the soldier suffered a severe injury, evacuating him by ground became impossible because of Russian drone activity in the area and mined terrain. Attempting to reach him on foot or with a ground robotic vehicle, the usual way of evacuating the wounded, would have put the rescue team at risk.

Ukrainian troops used a heavy-lift hexacopter drone, the Heavy Shot Ayudag-6.

This reminds me vividly of the history of medevac helicopters, this is incredibly cool!

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[-] wifemademesignup@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

It was only a matter of time before we got to this point.

Reliability is the concern of all air human transport but considering the options, I'm glad it worked.

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