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THIS is the jaw-dropping moment a wounded Ukrainian soldier is delivered an e-bike via drone to escape Russian forces.

The brave troop had been stranded for several days behind enemy lines, with numerous attempts made to save him.

Drone delivering e-bike to a Ukrainian soldier.

This is the jaw-dropping moment a wounded Ukrainian soldier is delivered an e-bike via droneCredit: YouTube / @sylasvobody_44
E-bike suspended from a tree branch.

Unbelievable footage appears to show a drone slowly winching the electric bike down for the manCredit: YouTube / @sylasvobody_44
Wounded Ukrainian soldier escaping on an e-bike delivered by drone.

He is captured escaping on the bikeCredit: YouTube / @sylasvobody_44

Unbelievable footage appears to show a drone slowly winching the electric bike down for the soldier, who was said to have been swarmed by Russian forces.

Rubizh brigade, who shared the footage, said three of its troops had been tragically killed by enemy fire during the operation around Siversk, northern Ukraine.

This meant only the one lone soldier remained – forcing him to hold the position alone.

The troop, with the call sign “Tanker” said of a terrifying attack: “Our drones covered us from above as best as they could.

“Then they threw two gas cylinders straight into our hole and a lighter. We caught fire.”

Having sustained a leg injury in the Russian inferno, the soldier was left unable to escape without help – leaving him stranded for four to five days.

He said: “Every day, I was surrounded, from all sides. I fought back as best I could.”

Chief of staff in the brigade Mykola Gritsenko said a rescue team was unable to reach the injured troop without their own safety being put at risk.

Gritsenko explained: “It was impossible to drive up with equipment because the enemy was everywhere.

“He couldn’t get out on his own either, because he had to walk 1.5km to the nearest position.

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“In his condition, with his injuries and lower limbs, he simply wouldn’t have made it.”

But the brigade soon found an alternative solution – airlifting an e-bike using a drone.

UAVs have become a key tool in Ukraine’s arsenal – allowing soldiers to navigate behind enemy lines without endangering them.

The remote-operated aircraft is often stacked with explosives, making it a rarity seeing them in an evacuation scenario.

The Battalion Freedom Force brigade explained how two initial attempts to deliver the bike were unsuccessful.

The first drone was shot down, while the second’s motors burnt out.

On the third try, however, the bike reached the soldier and he managed to ride 400m – but he then hit a remote mine and was thrown into the air.

The brave troop then limped a further 200m before thankfully being met by his comrades and taken to safety.

Rescuers searching for survivors in a damaged apartment building.

Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building which was hit a day before, by a Russian missile strikeCredit: Reuters
Smoke rises from a destroyed residential building in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

Smoke rises over a residential building destroyed by a Russian air strike on Kramatorsk, UkraineCredit: AP
Firefighters extinguishing a fire in a damaged building.

Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire a residential house destroyed by a Russian air strike on KramatorskCredit: AP

A second e-bike was then delivered, which he rode for 15 minutes until he was able to reach a safe zone and evacuated.

Gritsenko said: “To carry out this operation, they had to calculate the right time of day, the right weather conditions that would allow him to do it.

“The weight of this electric bike itself reaches almost 40kg.”

On Thursday, Vladimir Putin’s evil forces unleashed a terrifying night of strikes which killed 11 people, including a six-year-old and his mother, and left Kyiv decimated.

Vlad reportedly sent eight Iskander-K cruise missiles and 309 Shahed drones, according to Ukraine’s armed forces.

Five buildings were directly hit, they added.

President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video of burning ruins, saying people were still trapped under the rubble of one residential building.

He said: “Kyiv. Missile strike. Directly into a residential building. People under the rubble. All services are on site. Russian terrorists.”

Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko paid tribute to those who were killed as he described the attack on the capital as the heaviest night of horror for children since the start of the war.

Telegram channel Pravda Gerashchenko added: “While rescuers are clearing debris and searching for survivors, people are at the scene of the tragedy waiting for news about their loved ones.

“These scenes break the heart. Show them to those who think the maniac Putin can be appeased.”

The latest strike shows Putin has no intention of avoiding Trump’s ire and cutting a peace deal with Ukraine.

Smoke rises from a destroyed residential building in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

Smoke rises over a residential building destroyed by a Russian air strikeCredit: AP
Two people stand amidst the rubble of a destroyed building.

Local people react after a residential building is destroyed by a Russian air strikeCredit: AP
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