Ukraine MoD video of a wounded soldier evacuated from the front by drone

Text poster only. The source video shows a drone operator at screens in a dugout, a bearded soldier in camouflage clipped into a harness hanging from a large multirotor drone, the drone's camera view over a dirt road, and the soldier suspended beneath the drone in flight over a field. — Ukraine Ministry of Defence (@DefenceU) / 92nd Assault Brigade, watch at source · Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted)

Video posted Oct. 20, 2026 by Ukraine's Ministry of Defence, with footage credited to the 92nd Assault Brigade's YouTube channel. The ministry says that for the first time in the world a wounded soldier was evacuated from the front line by an aerial drone: a 30th Mechanized Brigade infantryman hit at a position no other means could reach was flown out after the 92nd Assault Brigade, the 30th and 14th Mechanized Brigades and the 10th Army Corps worked with manufacturer Gurzuf Defence on a solution. The 42-second vertical video shows the soldier in a harness under a large multirotor drone and the drone lifting him; the 'world first' is the ministry's claim.

What: Ukraine MoD video of a wounded soldier evacuated from the front by drone
Where: Front line, Ukraine (not stated)
When: Oct 19, 2026
Who: Ukraine Ministry of Defence (@DefenceU); footage credited to the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade
Status: Claim unverified
Warning: Content warning: None. A wounded soldier is shown strapped into a drone harness; no wounds or blood are visible. Graphic level: none.

Sources

Ukraine Ministry of Defence (@DefenceU); footage credited to the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade · Ukraine Ministry of Defence on X (Oct. 20, 2026)

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Captured 19 October 2026. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: Ukraine Ministry of Defence (@DefenceU); footage credited to the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade. Location: Front line, Ukraine (not stated).

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Credit: Ukraine Ministry of Defence (@DefenceU) / 92nd Assault Brigade, watch at source. License: Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted).