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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sravasti Dasgupta

Skateboarding teen hailed ‘hero of Ukraine’ for saving Kyiv using toy drone to spot advancing Russian column

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A Ukrainian teenager is being hailed as a hero after he used a toy drone to spot an advancing column of Russian soldiers headed towards capital Kyiv and alerted the military.

Andrii Pokrasa, the 15-year-old skateboarder, spotted the light of Russian military vehicles with his toy drone device.

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