Ukraine evacuates wounded soldier by drone
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On 19 October 2026, Ukraine's military released video showing a wounded soldier strapped beneath a heavy-lift hexacopter and flown from the front line to safety. The operation came days after casualty-evacuation drones entered front-line testing. Reports said Russian drone and mine threats prevented wheeled ground robots from reaching the soldier. Napalm, a programmer in the unmanned ground systems company of Ukraine's 92nd Separate Assault Brigade, called it a "historic event" and said systematic work would begin to make such missions routine.
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