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On the front, these Ukrainians who wage war with their drones: the story of the special envoy of Figaro

2022-07-22T17:18:15.432Z


REPORT - They have joined the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps and are monitoring the enemy's movements on the lines in the south of their country.


Special Envoy to Kryvyi Rih

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A broth is simmering in the kitchen with the curtains drawn so as not to attract attention.

In the half-light of this household of men, we are about to take the time to have lunch;

the intermittent rain offers a day of respite.

We go to the front almost every day.

But in bad weather, it's useless

,” says “Boeing,” a young man with a thick black beard.

He takes this nickname from his former life, when he was an airline pilot for the Ukrainian national company.

When the Russian invasion broke out on February 24, he immediately went on standby.

"Boeing" had first thought of joining the air force, while Ukraine pressed NATO to provide it with combat aircraft.

But he changed plans a month later, when he read the appeal launched on Facebook by a member of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (DUK).

“He wrote that his unit was looking for drone pilots.

I thought to myself that I would be more efficient at…

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Source: lefigaro

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