The most incredible survival story you'll read today: How Ukrainian fighter had to chop off his own LEG before becoming first man ever airlifted off a battlefield by drone...having spent 70 straight weeks stranded and injured in the killzone
Ukrainian infantryman Kostiantyn Vlasenko endured 491 days in the killzone, hiding in a cramped concrete pipeline and later in a cast iron furnace before he was evacuated by drone.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated culture & society brief. The source report from Daily Mail says: Ukrainian infantryman Kostiantyn Vlasenko endured 491 days in the killzone, hiding in a cramped concrete pipeline and later in a cast iron furnace before he was evacuated by drone.
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- Primary source: Daily Mail
- Published: Oct 21, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC
- Coverage area: Culture & Society
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- Source published: Oct 21, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC
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