Step Inside Ukraine's Killhouse Academy Drone School

Watch on YouTube

Now Playing

Transcript

63 segments

0:00

This is the Kill House Academy.

0:03

A drone school run by Ukraine's third

0:05

army corps for Ukrainian soldiers as

0:07

well as foreign volunteers.

0:11

We've come to the Kill House Academy

0:14

and there are drones flying all around

0:16

us. Some are crashing as well. Students

0:18

here are right at the end of a 6-day

0:20

basic drone flying course and they'll

0:23

leave here with their certificate and

0:25

many will take it straight to the front

0:26

line where drones and drone flying

0:29

skills are so desperately needed.

0:31

That one just crashed.

0:34

Over 7,000 people have passed through

0:36

the academy's doors over the last 2

0:38

years. First, they learn the basics of

0:40

flying a drone on a simulator before

0:42

moving on to quadcopters like this and

0:45

to the more challenging obstacle course.

0:48

>> We're trying to give them much control

0:51

so they can hover in front of targets.

0:54

They can hover while their signal is

0:57

breaking. So, we are teaching them to

1:01

fly slowly because that means that you

1:04

can fly much longer distance because

1:07

your battery wouldn't discharge fast.

1:12

>> Students also need to know how to handle

1:14

explosives and hit human-sized targets,

1:18

too.

1:27

This test is just with a small charge.

1:29

But in the field, FPV drones often have

1:31

payloads of about 1 kg.

1:36

Remotely operated attack drones, bomber

1:38

drones, and uncrewed ground vehicles are

1:41

an integral part of Ukraine's fight

1:43

against Russia, moving supplies,

1:45

carrying out surveillance, and

1:47

destroying the enemy.

1:49

Sante is a foreign volunteer fighter.

1:53

He's been on the receiving end of drone

1:54

attacks but is new to piloting.

1:59

>> It's like driving a car, you need to

2:01

learn properly and then you need to

2:03

practice and practice and practice and

2:04

practice.

2:06

You need to experience how we draw

2:07

running in front of them.

2:09

Take your supplies from them.

2:11

Oh, yeah, hiding of them.

2:13

For us,

2:15

the logistics today can't be

2:19

executed without drones. Ground drones

2:22

or flying ones, without drones, you're

2:24

dead.

2:25

>> Drone pilots are also getting used to

2:27

the idea of operating far away from the

2:29

combat zone.

2:48

Radio told us discussions are underway

2:50

with several countries, including some

2:52

NATO members, to launch kill house

2:54

courses abroad.

2:56

You can read more at Business Insider.

Interactive Summary

Ask follow-up questions or revisit key timestamps.

Die Kill House Academy in der Ukraine bietet ein sechstägiges Grundlagentraining für Drohnenpiloten an, das sowohl ukrainische Soldaten als auch ausländische Freiwillige auf den Fronteinsatz vorbereitet. Das Training umfasst Flugsimulationen, Hindernisparcours und den Umgang mit bewaffneten Drohnen, die für Aufklärung, Logistik und Angriffe entscheidend sind.