Night ambushes carried out by a team of Ukrainian special forces and drone operators on quad bikes have helped turn the tide of the Russian invasion.
The Ukrainian army has claimed to have destroyed dozens of Russian priority targets, including tanks and command trucks.
The commander of the unit, Lt Col Yaroslav Honchar, told The Guardian that an ambush near the Ukrainian town of Ivankiv helped stop a 40-mile mechanized Russian column from attacking the capital.
The team of about 30 Ukrainian soldiers were equipped with night-vision goggles, sniper rifles, and remotely detonated mines and drones, and they were riding quad bikes through the forest under cover of night.
Some of the drones used by the unit were capable of dropping small bombs.
The convoy was stuck after this one little unit destroyed two or three vehicles at the head. Honchar told The Guardian that they stayed there for two more nights.
Russian forces broke the column into smaller units to try and continue towards the capital after the attack.
Honchar told The Guardian that the same team mounted an attack on the Russians supply depot, which stopped them from being able to advance.
Honchar told the paper that it all happened because of the work of 30 people.
A group of young university-educated Ukrainians and IT specialists formed Aerorozvidka in order to help resist Russia's invasion of the Donbas region, according to The Guardian.
The paper said that it was founded by Volodymyr Kochetkov-Sukach, who was killed in action fighting Russian rebels.
The unit was integrated into the general staff of the Ukrainians after its operations in the peninsula.
According to The Times of London, the elite unit, which flies up to 300 missions a day, has played a key role in bolstering Ukrainian resistance against Russia.
According to The Guardian, Aerorozvidka claims to have helped defeat a Russian attack on Hostomel airport.
Despite the unit's apparent success, it relies on crowd funding and donations to get the components it needs. The parts are subject to export controls that prevent them from being sent to Ukraine.
In recent weeks, supporters from around Europe have been donating drone parts and other equipment, such as 3D printers, to help build and repair devices damaged by Russian small-arms fire.
The Starlink satellite system was activated in Ukraine days after Russia invaded.
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