Ukrainian Brigade Releases Video of Wounded Soldier Evacuated by Heavy-Lift Drone
Ukraine's 92nd Separate Assault Brigade has published a video showing a wounded soldier being evacuated from the front line by a heavy-lift drone. The operation is described as the first of its kind in the world.
Ukraine's 92nd Separate Assault Brigade, a unit of the country's armed forces fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine, has released a video showing a wounded soldier being evacuated from the front line by a heavy-lift drone. According to the Latvian outlet Kursors.lv, the operation is regarded as the world's first in which an unmanned aircraft directly carries an injured person away from the battlefield. If the method is used again, it could give Ukrainian forces another way to extract casualties from dangerous positions.
What is known about the case
Unit representatives say the soldier, an infantryman, was injured while at his position. The part of the source text that is available notes that intense enemy activity complicated the situation, but it is cut off at that point. It does not describe how the evacuation unfolded, what type of drone was used, or the current condition of the soldier.
Why it matters
Using drones to move wounded personnel could add to the means of getting casualties out of the combat zone. For now, however, this is a single documented case. The claim that it is a world first comes from the Ukrainian unit's account and the video it published, and the source does not mention any independent confirmation.
