To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to an online
browser that
supports HTML5
video
Ukrainian special forces have mocked Russia’s blockade on their frontline by delivering KFC to soldiers with a drone.
Footage released by Ukraine’s third Separate Special Purpose Regiment shows a secret mission to hold fried chicken to hungry troops.
The drone drops off the yellow takeaway bag – belonging to the delivery company Glovo – for grinning soldiers to enjoy.
The delivery flies within the face of Russia’s try to strangle Ukraine’s supply lines and cut troops off from vital resources.
The regiment said: ‘When standard delivery is inconceivable, drone supply takes over.
Join for all of the most recent stories
Start your day informed with Metro’s News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens.
‘On to the Triarium operators. Even KFC stays hot when delivered SOF style [Special Forives] within the combat zone. DELIVERED. SOF STYLE.’
Triarium is a specially trained unit throughout the regiment.
Ukraine troops having fun with KFC contrasts with reports that Russians have been left to drink from puddles as logistics break down.
Putin’s army has been using reconnaisance to dam Ukrainian supply lines and make conventional vehicle movements highly dangerous.
Soldiers from Ukraine’s 108th Territorial Defence Brigade have claimed that they’ve been trapped at positions on the Zaporizhzhia front for greater than six months, at times without adequate food, water or medicines.
The neighbouring 118th Mechanised Brigade said drones had been deployed to fly in drinking water, rations, ammunition and fuel.
These deliveries are increasingly being accomplished by the so-called Heavy Shot drone.
Manufactured by Ukrainian company Gurzuf Defence, the Heavy Shot drone was designed as a heavy night bomber but is now needed for resupply efforts.
The craft is capable of carry roughly 44lb to 66lb over a round trip of around 12 to 16 miles.
Its developers say it will possibly also operate amid Russian electronic warfare and use alternative navigation systems when satellite signals are jammed.
Get in contact with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.
For more stories like this, check our news page.
MORE: ‘Russia’s Amazon’ warehouses obliterated in large-scale drone blitz
MORE: Walkers confirms ‘best crisps ever made’ are returning after 5 years
MORE: KFC just unveiled latest burger to rival a McDonald’s favourite from the 90s