Assault group commander describes how he escaped an attack by about 30 drones using a body dummy

Commander describes how he escaped a drone attack

Assault unit commander Andrey Shkurenko told TASS that he survived a Ukrainian drone attack by imitating his own body. This was reported by Life.ru. According to him, he was attacked simultaneously by about 30 drones and three more heavy drones of the

How it happened

“I simply didn’t understand what to do. But then I figured it out. I created an imitation, as if I were done for — either killed or wounded,” Shkurenko said. For the decoy target, he used his ammunition, laying it out in the shape of a human silhouette. According to him, Ukrainian forces kept striking the dummy, which allowed him to quietly withdraw. Shkurenko serves in the 239th Guards Tank Regiment of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the

A similar case

Life.ru also recalls a previously published story of a serviceman with the call sign Adler, who pretended to be deadwhile escaping from Ukrainian drones. That soldier came under attack as he was moving out with an evacuation team to retrieve the bodies of his comrades. Both accounts come from the servicemen themselves and are presented based on the words of the participants; the publication contains no independent confirmation of the details.