eMudhra Login Bypass
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A graphic explaining the drone rescue of a wounded Ukrainian soldier
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A Ukrainian infantryman, Kostiantyn Vlasenko, survived a year-and-a-half on a drone-saturated frontline after losing one foot in a February attack and later amputating his remaining damaged foot to stop gangrene while sheltering under a school boiler. Holed up for nearly eight months and having nearly given up hope, he received a harness and instructional phone by drone; on Oct. 4 a heavy-lift hexacopter, adapted to carry people, clipped him to an electric winch and carried him 15 km to safety, lifting roughly 70 metres as three smaller “Vampire” escort drones distracted hostile craft. Video from a drone-mounted camera and confirmation from Ukrainian commanders support the account, though not every detail was independently verified.
The rescue highlights how unmanned systems have reshaped the battlefield: pickup trucks and tracked unmanned ground vehicles were too vulnerable and had been destroyed by opposing drones, prompting commanders to turn to a locally made Ayudag-6 - a six-rotor, black-framed heavy-lifter built by Gurzuf Defence that can carry up to about 90 kg for roughly 25 km. The mission, described as the first known aerial drone evacuation of a soldier in the five-year war, underscores both the acute danger of drone-dominated “kill zones” and rapid battlefield innovation in evacuation and logistics under fire.
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