Ukraine's Ministry of Defence reported on 28 October that Code 9.2 Assault Regiment used a purpose-built Stargate uncrewed aircraft to evacuate two severely wounded service members in separate missions during one week. The ministry did not identify the week or provide independently reviewable flight records. It says the personnel were in an area difficult to reach by ground vehicle because of terrain, water obstacles and FPV-drone threats.
A dedicated evacuation configuration
The ministry describes Stargate as a new evacuation system with a stretcher-bearing medical module, a claimed 150 kg carrying capacity, up to 105 km/h speed and a 10-minute deployment time. These are official reported specifications, not independently measured performance across service conditions. For the reported missions, the ministry says the aircraft travelled almost 30 km one way and returned with the casualties despite hostile electronic warfare, using AI-based navigation. The public account does not disclose the navigation architecture, jamming conditions, medical monitoring, landing arrangements or individual mission outcomes after recovery.
How this differs from the earlier rescue
The same ministry announcement also describes an October evacuation of a 30th Mechanised Brigade soldier by a Heavy Shot Ayudag-6 hexacopter, prepared with assistance from the 92nd Assault Brigade. That appears to correspond to the earlier 92nd Brigade rescue already reported on this site, rather than an additional independently established operation. The Stargate account, by contrast, names a different unit, a purpose-built aircraft and two further reported evacuations. The ministry's world-first language is its own priority claim and is not adopted as an independently verified historical conclusion.
Repeated field reports would help assess patient safety, weather limits, recovery reliability, operation under electronic attack and whether a standardised medical evacuation process is accepted. Two ministry-reported missions are significant evidence of use, but do not yet establish a routine fleet-wide capability.
Publication history
- — Added two ministry-reported Stargate rescues while reconciling the earlier Heavy Shot mission and qualifying specification and autonomy claims.
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- Ukraine Ministry of Defence, evacuation UAV report, 28 October 2026 (opens in a new tab)Government field report
