Anatolii now becomes a targetTwelve-year-old saves his family from a Russian drone attack

Boy notices Russian drone outside his home

Anatolii was sitting in a pear tree last month when he heard the drone humming. The small device, which is controlled by Russian operators, suddenly rose and appeared to have aimed at its target: the boy's younger siblings, who were playing in the yard in front of his home in northern Ukraine! Even though he is just twelve years old, Anatolii knows immediately what he has to do, writes the Washington Post.

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The small drones are not controlled via radio, but rather using a thin fiber optic cable to avoid electronic jamming. This thread is unrolled for miles behind the device and is also visible to the boy. In a flash he remembers a rather unknown trick that a soldier with the radio name “Dynamo” taught him.

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Anatolii a hero in Ukraine, a target in Russia

Anatolii runs to the drone, grabs the cable and forms a loop. According to the soldier, he should now wait 15 seconds, but: “I didn't have time,” he remembers in an interview with the newspaper. “So I counted to ten and then tore it up.” A decision that will probably save numerous lives. Before the drone can explode, it turns away and crashes into an uninhabited area near the village.

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In Ukraine, the boy is celebrated as a hero and, according to the Washington Post, he is declared a target in Russian Telegram channels. Out of concern, the family of seven is initially moving into a two-room apartment in the city of Chernihiv and regularly commutes back and forth to tend their potato fields.

Anatolii and his loved ones repeatedly come across fiber optic drones – and remember the boy's brave heroic deed.

Sources used: Washington Post