# Ukrainian soldier with severe leg injury evacuated by heavy-lift drone

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/moment-another-wounded-ukrainian-soldier-is-airlifted-to-safety-by-drone-as-kyiv-establishes-dedicated-aerial-medical-squad/
- Published: 2026-11-09T16:14:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T16:35:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16277815/Moment-wounded-Ukrainian-soldier-airlifted-safety-drone-Kyiv-establishes-dedicated-aerial-medical-squad.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Europe, Russia-Ukraine War, World

## Key points

- A heavy-lift drone rescued wounded soldier Artem Lytvyn.
- The flight took about 30 minutes.
- Code 9.2 is setting up a dedicated aerial evacuation unit.

## Summary

A Ukrainian soldier, Artem Lytvyn, was rescued by a heavy-lift drone after being stranded for several days with a severe leg injury. The operation highlights Ukraine’s use of aerial drones to evacuate critically wounded troops from locations that ground teams cannot safely reach.

Lytvyn had stepped on a magnetic mine while escorting another soldier and amputated his own leg, according to former deputy interior minister Anton Gerashchenko. He crawled into a protective stretcher and was flown to safety in about 30 minutes; within two hours he had reached a stabilisation point. It was the fourth aerial evacuation of a severely wounded soldier by the Code 9.2 regiment, which is establishing a dedicated drone evacuation unit.

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