Teenager used drone to spy on Russian convoy and help Ukrainian military

Andriy Pokrasa’s information was used by the army to target artillery at the invading forces in the early stages of the war.

Andriy Pokrasa, 15, used his drone to spy on the Russian advance and pass on the details to the Ukrainian military (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press

As Russian tanks and trucks rumbled close to their village, a Ukrainian teenager and his father stealthily launched their small drone into the air to spy on them.