The key facts
- Corporal Georgy Rozhnev carried the wounded soldier to a safe location and provided pre-medical assistance until evacuation arrived.
- Corporal Ilgiz Zianchurin shot down two fixed-wing UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; according to the military department, this prevented losses.
- In the Russian Armed Forces, counter-drone warfare has become a separate discipline of combat training.
Rescue of a wounded soldier under drone fire
Russia's Defense Ministry reported on the actions of Corporal Georgy Rozhnev. According to the military department, he was on air observation duty when he noticed a serviceman of a UAV crew conducting terrain reconnaissance being injured by an explosive device blast. After calling the evacuation team, the rifleman reached the wounded soldier, carried him to a safe location and provided pre-medical assistance, remaining with the casualty until evacuation arrived.
Downed drones
Corporal Ilgiz Zianchurin, according to the Defense Ministry's report, used small arms while repelling an air attack and shot down two fixed-wing drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the military department, this made it possible to avoid damage to equipment and weapons, as well as losses among servicemen.
Training for counter-drone warfare
Earlier, Life.ru reported, citing the military department, that in the Russian Armed Forces counter-drone warfare has become a separate discipline of combat training. Servicemen are trained to detect and engage air targets at low altitudes, including studying the design of various drones. According to the outlet, conventional shooting skills are not enough: a significant part of the training is devoted to studying ballistics and the characteristics of unmanned aerial vehicles, and crews must act in coordination and take into account the movement patterns of air targets.
