{"id":105187,"date":"2026-10-20T16:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ukraines-military-evacuates-wounded-soldier-with-aerial-drone-in-apparent-world-first\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:40:24","slug":"ukraines-military-evacuates-wounded-soldier-with-aerial-drone-in-apparent-world-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ukraines-military-evacuates-wounded-soldier-with-aerial-drone-in-apparent-world-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine&#8217;s military evacuates wounded soldier with aerial drone in apparent world-first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s military says it carried out a front-line medical evacuation by aerial drone \u2014   an apparent world-first for the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-ukraine-drone-defense-expertise-iran-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">drone-savvy nation<\/a><\/span> \u2014 as Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion nears the five-year mark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Ground Forces&#8217; 92nd Assault Brigade <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/nrk_92sabr\/63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Monday<\/a> that it had evacuated a wounded soldier from the front line using a heavy-lift aerial drone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For almost 500 days, soldier Konstantyn Vlasenko of the 30th Separate Brigade was stuck in a position out of reach for Ukrainian ground forces or robots due to dense mining and heavy Russian drone activity, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Tsaplienko\/100724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian news outlets<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/oboronka.mezha.ua\/persha-v-istoriji-bpla-evakuaciya-316311\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some linked with the military<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reports said Vlasenko was wounded by a Russian drone earlier this year while trapped, forcing him to carry out partial self-amputations of both of his legs as he hoped for a rescue.<\/p>\n<p>A Ukrainian-made Gurzuf Defence heavy hexacopter, originally configured as an attack drone to drop bombs on Russian positions, was used for the rescue operation \u2014   provided to the military free of charge, according to the statement from the 92nd Brigade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Specialists worked with the company to modify the unmanned aircraft to carry a person without flipping or swinging them, and the new configuration was tested before the rescue was planned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Four different Ukrainian brigades were involved in the complex operation, which took seven days to prepare, though the actual rescue only took about an hour and 15 minutes. In that time, the drone flew almost 40 miles, with Ukrainian units using other drones to distract the Russian military, the brigade said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/20\/9e8bb310-66a9-4da7-b91d-e184f0c5b086\/thumbnail\/620x398\/66e28d1c7fa03106abc0ef0290735199\/ukraine-aerial-drone-rescue.jpg#\" alt=\"ukraine-aerial-drone-rescue.jpg \" height=\"398\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/20\/9e8bb310-66a9-4da7-b91d-e184f0c5b086\/thumbnail\/620x398\/66e28d1c7fa03106abc0ef0290735199\/ukraine-aerial-drone-rescue.jpg 1x, 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