The 15-year-old took pictures of a Russian convoy on the outskirts of Kyiv, images which helped the military pinpoint the location and destroy it with an airstrike
"We provided the photos and the location to the armed forces. They narrowed down the coordinates more accurately and transmitted them by walkie-talkie, so as to adjust the artillery.""I can operate the drone, but my son does it much better," he said.Stanislav Pokrasa said he saw more than 20 Russian military vehicles destroyed. Pic AP
While they are not sure how many Russian targets were destroyed with the help of their intelligence, they did see the devastation on the convoy when they later flew the drone over the area. "There were more than 20 Russian military vehicles destroyed, among them fuel trucks and tanks," Mr Pokrasa said.
However, as the fighting intensified on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine's military urged the Pokrasa family to leave their village, which Russia eventually occupied. As all adult men up to the age of 60 were ordered to stay in Ukraine, Mr Pokrasa could not join his wife and son when they fled to Poland."I was happy that we destroyed someone," the teenager said.Podcast
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