“This is a drone war. We are the eyes of our infantry and stormtroopers,” — special representative of the Lviv police
A soldier of the special police battalion of the Lviv region police, senior sergeant of the police Andriy Samborskyi, had no idea that his hobby would save lives at the front. Two years ago, he bought a drone as a gift to his daughter, but he was so fond of the drone that he decided to become a professional pilot.
On March 11, 2022, Andrei together with his brothers went to Kiev, then there were Sumy, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, and now - since May - the drone pilot serves in one of the most difficult directions: Limansko-Kupyansk.
“This is a drone war. This is kamikaze, this is FPV, even those ordinary civilian “Maviki”. They play a big role, because with them you can do many things: identify the enemy, help our infantry to conduct a dance. Disposal is when explosives cling to the “Mavik”, you fly there and give gifts to our enemy,” the fighter said.
The most difficult thing in the job, admits the policeman, is the fight against Russian radio electronic barriers that intercept our drones. But despite the efforts of the invaders to destroy the Ukrainian drones, our pilots perform, without exaggeration, unique maneuvers to accomplish their tasks. Recently, thanks to such work, Andrei, together with his brothers, managed to stop the assault of the Russians on the very approaches to our positions.
“We were in the forest. This is in front of Kreminna. And the enemy decided to storm our positions. We were able to see it from a distance, when they were just about to attack our guys by surprise. We were able to transfer the coordinates of our artillery, and they accurately worked on the enemy while sneaking into our positions,” said Andriy Samborsky.
Drone pilots are an important target for the invaders, because our fighters without “eyes” will be forced to fight blindly. This is by no means possible, so the first rule for Andrei and his brothers is caution and attention.
Andrei raises an 11-year-old daughter and a 4-year-old son. The pilot never tells them about the risks he faces at the front every day. However, another motivation to serve for the policeman is the words of gratitude and support of local residents who are waiting for the victory of Ukraine.
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