The teenager was reportedly the only person in the area that was experienced with drones and could help fight off a Russian convoy that was just over 24 miles outside of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited troops in the Kharkiv region, on the country’s besieged eastern front line, on May 29, 2022. Credit: Volodymyr Zelensky via Storyful
"They provided us information where approximately the Russian column could be. Our goal was to find the exact coordinates and provide the coordinates to the soldiers," Pokrasa told Global News. "It was one of the biggest columns that was moving on the Zhytomyr road and we managed to find it because one of the trucks turned on its lights for a long time."
Pokrasa and his family have since relocated to Poland where he was able to finish ninth grade, according to Global News. "The absolutely heroic defense of the Donbas continues," he said in his nightly Tuesday video address. While Moscow lost ground on the diplomatic front, Russian forces also failed to make territorial gains in eastern Ukraine.
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