Ukraine Executes First Drone Airlift of Wounded Soldier After 491-Day Frontline Stand
A Ukrainian soldier trapped for eight months in a bombed-out school boilerhouse was rescued on October 4 via a heavy-lift drone, marking the first known aerial evacuation of a wounded combatant. The 49-year-old, who had amputated his own foot to survive, was flown 15 km to safety by a six-rotor hexacopter after conventional ground rescue attempts failed due to Russian drone activity and landmines.