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Ukraine Carries Out First Aerial Drone Evacuation of Wounded Soldier
The military said 112,000 ground robotic missions since January helped make the drone rescue possible after mines and Russian attacks blocked a ground evacuation.
- On Monday, October 19, 2026, Ukraine's 92nd Assault Brigade evacuated a wounded soldier from the front line using a heavy aerial drone, calling it the world's first such aerial rescue operation.
- A wounded soldier from the 30th Mechanized Brigade was stranded in a position where intense Russian drone activity and heavily mined terrain prevented conventional ground robotic evacuations.
- Specialists adapted a Ukrainian-made Gurzuf Defence heavy hexacopter, originally configured as a bomber, to carry the wounded serviceman, while a drone operator from the 30th Mechanized Brigade piloted the aircraft.
- "The operation was successful – the wounded man was rescued! He is now undergoing treatment and rehabilitation, and his life is no longer in danger," the brigade reported.
- SkyFall recently began testing its purpose-built StarGate evacuation drone, expected to cost at least $50,000, with production targeted at up to 1,000 units per month by the end of 2026.
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For the first time, the Ukrainian army evacuated an injured soldier with a drone, an unprecedented operation carried out by the 30th Mechanized Brigade. This aerial evacuation, confirmed on 19 October, marks a...
The Unmanned Earth System Company of the Separate Brigade 92 Ukrainian Assault and other units of the Ukrainian army first evacuated, with the help of an aerial drone, a soldier wounded in battle, according to the brigade's socialization accounts, who described the mission as "historical. "
·Bucharest, Romania
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The device used is a hexacopter (a drone powered by six engines and six propellers) of the Ukrainian company Gurzuf Defence, which gave the vehicle free of charge.
·Madrid, Spain
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