# Ukraine says it carried out first drone airlift of wounded soldier from front line

https://mins.news/en/item/106946

- BBC News, 2026-10-19 20:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c3vgx05p149wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Ukraine’s military released footage it says shows the world’s first drone airlift of a wounded soldier from the front line. The 92nd Assault Brigade said mines and heavy Russian drone activity made a ground rescue impossible. A remotely piloted heavy hexacopter carried out the operation. BBC Verify confirmed the personnel’s identities and found no signs the video was AI-generated or manipulated.

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