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In Real Life: Darwin’s War
Scripps News was granted rare access to the secret bunker of the ‘Achilles’ Strike UAV Battalion, which is part of Ukraine’s 92nd Assault Brigade.
Exploring the world of one of Ukraine’s most accomplished FPV drone pilots — a 20-year-old former medical student who personifies the evolutionary leap in drone warfare.
Before Russia's full-scale invasion of his country, he was a medical school student. He loved reading about biology.
He set his books aside to join Ukraine's struggle for survival — first as a combat medic. His comrades dubbed the young scholar "Darwin."
The callsign stuck. The war evolved. So did his role in it.
His unit received surveillance drones, and, to his commanders, it quickly became clear: Darwin's fast fingers were more valuable turning knobs than tightening tourniquets.
But his true dexterity and derring-do as a pilot would not be fully realized until last summer — when drone warfare took an evolutionary leap.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/documentaries/in-real-life/in-real-life-darwins-war