to fly around drones and make a nice video. but when the war begun, we become actually a vital part of the resistance. reporter: he sent us hours of video showing his team scoping out russian vehicles, even finding them when they re hidden and almost impossible to spot and then helping the ukrainians hit them. we are eyes. we are called eyes because with eyes you can see and report and as soon as you can see, you can conduct military air strikes. how long does it take to get your information to the right places and act on the intelligence you provide. in good time, it s a matter of minutes. and sometimes a little mosquito can take out a whole herd of elephants. this is drone footage of the unit searching for a massive column of russian tanks and armored vehicles. and this is that column after the drones found it. units like his played a major role fending off russian troops.
hours of video showing his team scoping out russian vehicles, even finding them when they re hidden and almost impossible to spot. and then, helping the ukrainians hit them. we are eyes. we call eyes because with eyes, you can see and you can report and soon as you see, you can conduct strikes, artillery, air strikes. how long does it take to get information to the right places to then be able to act on the intelligence you provide? in good time, it is about matter of minutes. reporter: and sometimes, a little mosquito can take out a whole herd of elephants. this is drone footage of alexander s unit searching for a massive column of russian tanks and armored vehicles and this is that column after the drones found it. alexander tells me units like his played a major role fending off russian troops despite the ukrainians being vastly outgunned. as territorial defense, we need to go but the army, they have to stay. they ordered to stay. they stay. they dying but they staying. th
olexander s unit searching for a massive column of russian tanks and armored vehicles. and this is that column after the drones found it. olexander tells me units like his played a major role fending off russian troops despite the ukrainians being vastly outgunned. it s suicide, we need to go. but the army, they have to stay. they re ordered to stay, they stay. they re dying but they stay and they re holding this ground. reporter: nobody knows how many russians died here, but the group says it was many, taken out with the help of a band of amateur drone pilots looking to defend their homeland. and don, units like that one certainly did make a very big difference. one of the interesting things that the guys from that drone unit told us is they said that essentially they believed that the russians were fighting a 20th century war with their tanks and big armored vehicles trying to hold terrain while the ukrainians were essentially fighting a 21st century war with smaller more agile u
both were later released by the russians. the soldiers then search maxime s body and drag him away. this incident both traumatizing and motivating for oleksandr s drone unit. in normal life before the war we were civilians who like to fly droenz nes around casually make nice youtube videos. when the war began, we became vital part of the resistance. reporter: he sent us hours of video showing his team scoping out russian vehicles, even finding them when they re hidden and almost impossible to spot and helping the ukrainians hit them. we are eyes. with eyes you can see and report. as soon as you see, you can conduct strikes, artillery, air strikes. reporter: how long does it take to get your information to the right places to then be able to act on the intelligence you provide? in good time, it is about matter of minutes. reporter: and sometimes a little mosquito can take out a whole herd of elephants. this is drone footage of oleksandr s unit searching for a
conduct strikes, artillery strikes. reporter: how long does it take to get your information to the right places to act on the intelligence? in good time, it is a matter of minutes. reporter: and sometimes a little mosquito can take out a whole herd of elephants. this is drone footage of his unit searching for a massive column of russian tanks and armored vehicles. and this is the column after the droebls found it. he tells me. unit like his played a major role fending off russian troops despite the ukrainians being vastly outgunned. we don t want to. it is suicide. but the army, they have to stay. they re ordered to stay. reporter: nobody knows how many russians died here. but the group says it was many. taken out with the help of a band of amateur drone pilots looking to defend their homeland. and jake, one of the things that unit told me, they believed while they were out here, while