Pakha, an IT guy from Ukraine, was denied mobilization at the beginning of the full-scale war, but he insisted on it and later got into the 5th Assault Brigade with the Territorial Defense Forces. In the reconnaissance battalion he has his own small unit with two workshops. Pakha and his guys have found a way to not only get enough drones, but also to raise money for consumables. But should Ukrainians continue to donate to the drone program, what will happen if they stop donating, and what the state can never do faster than volunteers? Find out in the third and final episode of the documentary series “Kamikaze Drones”.
00:00 - Beginning
03:30 - "The best job in the world". Pakha went to war
05:00 - about the uniqueness of Pakha's unit
06:14 - how many drones one crew uses in the Bakhmut sector
06:55 - Chmut on the fact that no one buys ammunition for FPV drones
07:14 - Pakha on how ammunition is assembled and what kind of ammunition they work with
08:55 - Russians stopped "holding hands" at the front
09:27 - Sternenko on how much is needed to make one drone fly
11:01 - Pakha - about roles in the unit
12:12 - how a frontline startup works and how much is needed for monthly expenses
13:21 - whether the state should provide workshops - Bohdan Danyliv, head of the military direction of the Prytula Foundation
15:43 - on the lack of motivated pilots from civilian life
16:19 - Pakha on the battlefield: defeat of an enemy infantry fighting vehicle
17:14 - Chmut on why it is necessary to donate for drones
19:14 - 2 million hryvnias for a good crew for four days of work
20:04 - Pakha shows kittens living inside the sofa
21:24 - Chmut about when donations will become unnecessary
22:00 - Berlinska about lulling people to sleep
22:31 - Sternenko on drone swarms and the risk that we will not be the first to come to this
22:57 - representative of the General Staff on existential war
23:25 - conclusions of journalists for six months of research on FPV drones
25:15 - Pakha on where the hatred of russians comes from