Gamers have a lot of applicable skills for piloting drones, including hand-eye coordination and familiarity with controllers and screens. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Ukraine shared a video of drone pilots training with "Grand Theft Auto V."

The experience doesn't replace real training, but is a good way to relax, officials said.

Gamers have skills that make them ideal candidates for being drone pilots.

When they're not flying real first-person-view drones, some Ukrainian pilots are training inside "Grand Theft Auto V."

Ukraine has often leveraged video games and simulators to train pilots, helping them build the hand-eye coordination needed for flying FPV drones . The crossover of skillsets has even made gamers ideal candidates for drone pilot jobs. See, mom?…