civilian drones to help the Ukrainian army

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M. Boisseau, R. Mathé, L. Feuillebois, A. Kononenko – franceinfo

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Since the start of the war in Ukraine, ingenious civilians have been making drones to neutralize enemy tanks. A great help for the Ukrainian army. The 20 Hours met one of them.

In a Youtube video, to video game-like music, a drone equipped with a camera drops its bombs on a Russian tank. This is how Aerorozvidka gained fame in social networks, destroying the enemy. The unit, which claims to have struck near Mykolaiv (Ukraine) about a week ago, is fully part of the Ukrainian defense against the Russians.

However, these are civilians: a hundred enthusiasts, who manufacture their devices and now collaborate with the army. The 20 Hours met one of them. He wants to hide his identity. “Our members are very different people: students, computer scientists, scientists or businessmen. We believe that our drones are very useful in this conflict. We are literally changing the rules of war”, he testifies. One of the group’s feats of arms is to have contributed to repelling a huge convoy of Russian armored vehicles which rushed towards kyiv (Ukraine) at the beginning of March.

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