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Ukraine Battlefield Innovation: World's First Medical Drone Evacuation

Ukraine's 30th Mechanised Brigade performed what is reported as the world's first drone-based medical evacuation of a soldier from a minefield.

What we know

An account on X retweeted WarMonitor3's breaking report of the unprecedented operation, which saw a wounded soldier extracted from a minefield via drone — a first in battlefield medical history. Separately, the FT reported Ukraine is receiving only partial intelligence on incoming Russian ballistic missile strikes, underscoring the ongoing intelligence asymmetries in the conflict.

Sources

@FT

“Ukraine receives partial intelligence on Russian ballistic missile strikes”

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