A Russian drone dropped incendiary munitions on a dugout, setting it on fire and causing burns to three members of a Ukrainian heavy bomber drone team. One soldier (Chornyi) was unable to be evacuated and died in the burning dugout.
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Three members of one of the heavy bomber drone teams have been evacuated, two of whom are carrying nasty burns after their dugout was spotted and set on fire by a Russian drone-dropped incendiary munition.
Losing consciousness and falling to the ground inside the dugout, and wearing body armor on top of his already heavy frame, Chornyi could not be carried out of the inferno.
After making it out, Chornyi's team members made a final attempt to go in and save him.
We tried to go back and get him out, but everything was burning already.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy attacked four times today near the towns of Vovchansk and Vovchanski Khutory.
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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:25:27.736Z
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