Ukraine claims first drone evacuation of wounded soldier

egorfine

As a Ukrainian, I really wish my country could innovate in areas other than evacuation of wounded people from our own soil.

tokai

Was it two years ago, or even longer, that Akhmat troops claimed Ukrainian drones tried to abduct their men in the field? Who knows, it might end up actually happen one day. Wild.

1970-01-01

If they can pull them out, they can also drop fresh ones down. Not sure if that is better than just using a helicopter however.

vzaliva

It reaffirms that Ukrainians are: 1. very advanced with drones 2. caring about their soldiers Disclaimer: I am a proud Ukrainian.

skeledrew

NGL, reading this gave me the feels... Also, next wartime invention: air mines.

walrus01

The German company Avilus has shown a medevac drone, I don't know if it's been used to transport a live human (even uninjured) for a test yet. https://www.xponential-europe.com/en/Media_News/Magazine/Art... https://www.google.com/search?num=10&client=firefox-b-d&hs=p...

macintux

Active discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50155237

dgudkov

Another Ukrainian innovation using drones: transporting transplant organs. https://ukrspecsystems.com/blog/pd-2-uav-tested-for-organ-de...

expedition32

I hope in the future all wars are fought by drones. Just don't make them unstoppable like in that Horizon videogame.

laughing_man

They've been doing drone evacuations for years. What makes this different is the drone is flying.

hacker_88

People trapped in Floods have been rescued by drones