At only 15 years old, a young Ukrainian helped stop a Russian convoy that was about to enter kyiv (Ukraine). He used his drone for this. Asked by the Canadian media Global News, a Ukrainian army commander called him a “true hero”. For a week, the teenager and his father flew the drone to collect the GPS coordinates of the column of tanks to transmit to his country’s army.
Information, data and photos
The father and his son, who was piloting the drone, also provided the Ukrainian military with photos of this Russian convoy, says the Huffington Post. The vehicles were intercepted by shelling in Berezivka (Ukraine), about 40 kilometers west of kyiv. Shortly after their escape, the village where the teenager and his family lived was besieged by the Russians.
A refugee in Poland with his mother, the young man said he was “happy to have contributed, to have been able to do something”. His father, meanwhile, remained in Ukraine due to general mobilization. “Those were the scariest moments of my life,” the teenager told the US news agency. Associated Press.
Twenty military vehicles destroyed
After transmitting the information they had, the father and his son were able to see the extent of the damage caused by the Ukrainian artillery. According to the father of the family, more than 20 Russian military vehicles were destroyed by the shelling.