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Headline: RAW VIDEO: Ukrainian drone pilot brings bread to elderly woman who wrote SOS message in the snow
Caption: A teenage drone pilot flew bread to a distressed elderly woman who wrote a help message in the snow outside her home near the frontlines in Ukraine on Monday (19January2026). Drone ace Maxim, aka “Baby", 19, was piloting a mission over the heavily damaged city of Kostiantynivka, in the Donetsk Oblast, when he spotted a message written in the snow, according to the official account of the Phoenix border guard drone unit. “Please, bread,” the message read. The pilot later learned that the words had been written by an elderly local woman living alone in the war-scarred city. He said he watched from the air as she slowly traced the message into the snow. Rather than hesitating, Maliuk said the sight left him with a clear sense of responsibility. “Whenever I see messages like this, I will always respond,” the Phoenix unit pilot said. “These are our people, and we are obligated to help them. We are here for them.” Kostiantynivka, which lies close to the active front line, has been repeatedly hit by Russian strikes, leaving large parts of the city badly damaged and disrupting basic services. Civilians who remain often face severe shortages of food, heating, and medical care.
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