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Business Insider
6 days ago
- Business Insider
Ukraine released a video of a cheap drone capturing a soldier and escorting him on its own
Ukraine's military released footage on Thursday of a rare instance where a first-person-view drone captured a man identified as a Russian soldier and brought him alone to Ukrainian lines. The incident was recorded on Tuesday, said the Magyar Birds, a famed drone unit that filmed the clips. The footage shows a man clad in military attire raising his hands in surrender to a small quadcopter drone. It later cuts to an observer Mavic drone's view of the man stumbling through a forest as he follows the FPV quadcopter through several rows of concertina wire. He eventually meets a second man, who can be seen taking over the escorting of the prisoner. "The pilot did not eliminate the invader, but escorted him to our positions and handed him over to the infantry of the adjacent unit," Ukraine's ground forces wrote on its official Facebook page in the Thursday post. The Magyar Birds said on its social media channels on Wednesday that the exchange happened in the Donbas region. It added that the pilot in the clips, a crew commander with the call sign "Payne," used an "F10" drone. The F10 likely refers to a reusable, lightweight FPV drone created in late 2023 by Robert Magyar, the businessman who founded the Magyar Birds. The unit said it was the first time its pilots had captured a soldier with an FPV drone. Similar cases have been reported before, but few known instances have involved a soldier being taken captive almost purely by a quadcopter and then escorted until he reaches enemy lines. In September, for example, an FPV drone pilot from Ukraine's 54th Mechanized Brigade was recorded dropping a soldier a note and drinking water, leading the latter to surrender and follow the drone to a trench. Ukrainian soldiers later arrived and apprehended the man. And in February, the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade released a video of what it said was an FPV drone using a loudspeaker to persuade nine Russian soldiers to surrender.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russia's advance slows down in critical areas after Ukraine regrouped, Syrskyi says
Ukraine has regrouped its troops on the battlefield, slowing down Russian forces' advance in the most "threatening areas," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Feb. 27. Russian troops are actively pushing on the Novopavlivka sector in eastern Donetsk Oblast, trying to break through Ukraine's defense and capture three settlements, according to did not specify which settlements he meant. The village of Novopavlivka in Donetsk Oblast lies some 5 kilometers (3 miles) north of the embattled city of Pokrovsk, a crucial logistics hub for Ukrainian troops in the region. "However, our side has taken a number of measures to improve the interaction of military units and subdivisions, regrouped troops, which slowed down... (Russia's) advance in most threatening areas," the general said after visiting the front the beginning of the day, 110 clashes between Ukrainian and Russian forces have taken place along the front line, Ukraine's General Staff said in its latest update on Feb. 27. According to Syrskyi, Russia continues trying to reach the administrative border of Donetsk Oblast, suffering heavy losses. "The plans remain unfulfilled," he said.A day before, the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade reported that Ukrainian troops had regained control of the village of Kotlyne, near Pokrovsk. Kotlyne and Pokrovsk are connected by the T 0406 highway, which also leads to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Read also: As Trump and Moscow align their vision, battle to stabilize Donetsk front rests on a knife edge We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ukrainian forces liberate Kotlyne village near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast
Ukrainian troops have regained control of the village of Kotlyne, near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade reported on Feb. 26. The village of Kotlyne is located some 10 kilometers (6 miles) west of Pokrovsk. Kotlyne and Pokrovsk are connected by the T 0406 highway, which also leads to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. "Paratroopers of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Airborne Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces cleared the village of Kotlyne near Pokrovsk during the assault and recovery operations," the statement read. If Russian troops occupied the settlement, they would have been able to access the Pokrovsk-Dnipro highway, the military said. The embattled city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast is among the most hotly contested areas of the front. Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi previously claimed that 7,000 Russian soldiers were killed near Pokrovsk in January alone. The Ukrainian military, which has published daily estimates of Russian losses since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, has reported that 870,700 personnel have been killed or wounded since the start of the all-out war. According to a report from the monitoring group DeepState in late January, Russian forces have been concentrating nearly half of their attacks in the Pokrovsk direction. Read also: Ukraine, US reach agreement on minerals deal We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
Yahoo
26-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Zelenskyy: Buffer zone in Kursk Oblast maintained to safeguard Sumy and Kharkiv
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine is maintaining a "buffer zone" in Russia's Kursk Oblast to protect the cities of Sumy and Kharkiv from Russian offensives. Source: Zelenskyy's evening address Quote: "Today there were numerous military briefings with commanders, as well as a conversation with Ukraine's minister of defence, focused on the situation on the front line, our key fronts in Donetsk Oblast and the areas of the Kursk operation. Soon it will be six months of our active operations in Kursk Oblast aimed at protecting Ukrainian land. We are maintaining a buffer zone on Russian territory to safeguard our Sumy and Kharkiv from Russian offensives." Details: Zelenskyy praised the soldiers of the 95th Separate Brigade for their actions in Kursk Oblast. He also commended the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade and the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade for their effectiveness on the Pokrovsk front, as well as the 24th and 100th Separate Mechanised Brigades for their heroism in the battles for Chasiv Yar and Toretsk. Support UP or become our patron!
