Gamers on the front line: Xbox fans have become a secret weapon of Ukraine in the war with Russia - NYP

According to him, the skills obtained from computer games can be directly used to manage drones in real combat. "The level of agility that you develop by playing with a gamepad from Xbox is exactly what you need to pilot drones. The best fpv pilot I met was an avid gamer," he said. Volunteers from the US, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and France arrive in the 25th brigade. Many of them are young people with Ukrainian roots who do not have combat experience but seek to help.

After the rate of military support was reduced, the flow of such recruits only increased. Among them is 20-year-old Sam from Charleston, Georgia, who had previously competed in the US Dron. He says that at the competition he flew at a speed of up to 160 km/h through a half -meter gate, so he is sure that his skills will help in a real war. "It all depends on accuracy and reflexes. I plan to use everything I have learned to help Ukraine," Sam admits.

Another volunteer is Wales Garrett, a former employee of the UK National Health Service. He has an electronic engineering diploma and says that interest in FPV systems and gaming experience has brought him to war. All recruits take a three -week qualifying course. After that, they go to the six -week basic training, where they scatter "tourists of war" and those who are not ready for the reality of hostilities. "We immediately give people a honest truth.

If they are not standing, they are simply scattered," says Sean Mcway, one of the Americans who helped organize the training program. We will remind, in the Kursk region Ukrainian operators of drones hunched several trucks of the Russian Federation. Because of this, the Russians complicated logistics. It should be noted that the Armed Forces was first applied against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Queen of Shershniv" with a grenade launcher.