The Bulava unit is part of Ukraine’s Presidential Brigade, which also performs ceremonial guard duties in Kyiv but mostly became a regular combat brigade after the 2022 invasion. Ignatukha and his men saw the war changing and got into drone technology, using their own salaries to buy equipment and build their skills.

Russian forces launched a series of aerial attacks across Ukraine overnight, striking the cities of Sumy, Odesa, and Kramatorsk, leaving one child dead and at least 24 others injured.

The drone and missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, killed two people and wounded 15, including a 12-year-old, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling over a ceasefire.