In the early days following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a 15-year-old drone hobbyist turned into a Ukrainian hero after he used his personal drone to surveil Russian troops advancing on his city, relaying their coordinates to defense forces near Kyiv, according to a report.
The information led to Ukrainian forces attacking the convoy of Russian soldiers and stopping their invasion of Kyiv, according to a report by Global News. The Canadian news outlet said it had confirmed the report with the boy’s parents, as well as the top official of Ukraine’s drone owners group and a commander with a Ukrainian military’s unmanned reconnaissance unit.
