Welcome to the Kharkiv Frontlines. The mission today was to embed with a Third Brigade drone unit. Units like these make a crucial stand in reconnaissance, they're able to provide a high level of information and relay intelligence throughout the rest of the frontline.
The average unit will operate within the trenches from 1-2 weeks before being rotated out. In their deployments, they work in a coherent, organised manner, using a wide set of surveillance equipment to aid their work.
Arriving at the trenches, Kivi, the girl seen operating the drone, was already running a mission. This, was her first kill. A good hit to a single Russian, unknown that he was being watched. Now, he bleeds out, slowly losing consciousness, and eventually, he'll just be another corpse in no mans land.
But the mission doesn't stop here, Cook cleans a drone that's just returned, while the others search for targets. It's a foggy day, meaning the visibility is low for the unit, making it harder to scout out areas of interest. But the wounds of war are still visible, dead soldiers are constantly seen on the screens. Out there, there's almost nothing left. You'll see a couple of birds, rodents, and between nature, are the Russians aimlessly walking through the mud.
Kivi decided to show the units arsenal, which consists of several different types of grenades for the drones. After she showed me around, We went back into the blindage for a moment, where she prepared a drone for service, replacing the battery and other components.
