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

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

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.

Working as a team, they took bird’s-eye photos of the armoured column moving towards Kyiv and pinpointed its co-ordinates, swiftly messaging the precious information to the Ukrainian military.