Name: Drone rescues wounded Ukrainian soldier after 491 days on the front line
Uploaded: 2026-10-23T05:00:40+08:00
Duration: PT14.997S
Description: After 491 days at a frontline position largely alone, Ukrainian soldier Kostiantyn Vlasenko was evacuated by an aerial drone on Oct. 4. The 49-year-old, who lost both legs, survived in a tiny boiler room and said fellow soldiers died trying to reach

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After 491 days at a frontline position largely alone, Ukrainian soldier Kostiantyn Vlasenko was evacuated by an aerial drone on Oct. 4. The 49-year-old, who lost both legs, survived in a tiny boiler room and said fellow soldiers died trying to reach him.
Footage released by Ukraine’s 92nd Assault Brigade shows the evacuation, reportedly in the Kharkiv region.

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