THIS is the dramatic moment one of Putin’s tanks is blown to smithereens after being hit by a precise Ukrainian kamikaze drone.
Pieces of the Russian tank can be seen flying through the air after a direct hit caused a giant fiery mushroom cloud to erupt.
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Shocking footage from a field in the war-torn Donetsk region shows the moment a parked Russian tank was targeted by one of the Ukrainedrones specialized in bombs.
In the short clip, the Kamikaze FPV munition drone crashes onto the formidable military engine before an explosion erupts.
In an instant, the tank is engulfed in bright orange flames as pieces of shrapnel are launched into the air in hundreds of small pieces.
Smoke billows into the air as the thunderous sound of the explosion was heard for miles.
The tank’s turret was struck by the drone, which led to the “immediate catastrophic detonation of the ammunition,” the original social media post showing the video said.
It turns out that spectacular footage showed Kiev’s fierce resolve, as more kamikaze drones were seen blowing up Russian tanks, in yet another blow to Putin’s failing forces.
The drones reduced the hodgepodge of “Franken tanks” to fiery wreckage and reduced them to rubble and molten metal.
As Vlad’s efforts grow desperate by the minute, the warmonger has been forced to build “Frankenstein tanks” with old naval cannons welded on top.
Footage has emerged of rudimentary engineered vehicles being deployed in Ukraine, revealing that a humiliated Putin lost almost every tank he had when he launched his brutal invasion.
Images from an unidentified location appeared to show a 2M-3 25mm double-barreled naval anti-aircraft turret mounted on a Soviet-era MT-LB amphibious battle vehicle.
The strange device is believed to have been constructed from pieces of equipment from 1945.
Its cannons were probably taken from a naval patrol boat and its tracks may date back to the 1950s.
The “Frankenstein tanks” are believed to be an improvised response to shortages of essential war materials in the Kremlin.
Putin has lost nearly 8,000 tanks since his horrific invasion of Ukraine, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The total number of Putin’s soldiers killed since the tyrant invaded Ukraine is now well over 500,000, according to the ministry.
RISE OF DRONE WARFARE
By Iona Cleave
DRONES have been used in the war in Ukraine on an unprecedented scale, as thousands of people are used daily to hunt enemy forces, guide artillery and bomb targets – transforming modern land warfare.
Ukraine has become increasingly dependent on first-person view (FPV) drones – agile, target-seeking kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Since early 2023, the cheap, explosive flying machines have become one of Kiev’s biggest success stories, after its military ran dangerously low on ammunition due to long-stalled Western weapons shipments.
Attack UAVs have come to define the conflict, helped by constant streams of footage filmed on board as they pursue troops, blow up Russian positions or collide with tanks worth millions with ruthless precision.
The powerful quadcopters cost around £300, are largely made from off-the-shelf kits, and as demand increases, an army of civilians are helping to assemble them in their homes.
Some are equipped with grenades or homemade bombs, others are used in reconnaissance missions to identify enemy positions and guide artillery fire.
Now almost every combat brigade in Ukraine has an assault drone company.
With the 600-mile front frozen in hellish trench warfare, the success of FPVs on the battlefield is “undeniable,” according to the commander of Ukraine’s drone strike operations.
The senior special forces officer “Arsenal” told The Sun that the quadcopters turned into munitions now successfully attack Putin’s targets in three of the five operations.
And as the war moves into what Arsenal calls a “more technological phase,” he argued that FPVs are increasingly vital to Ukraine’s success.
He said: “If Mavic (surveillance) drones are our eyes – for adjusting artillery fire, withdrawing groups to positions, reconnaissance – then FPV drones are our sword, our striking force.”
More than two-thirds of Russian tanks destroyed by Ukraine so far in 2024 have been destroyed using FPV drones, a NATO official told Foreign Policy.
Its long-range capabilities also save countless lives, as the drone operator can stay away from the front lines.
And drones aren’t just used on the battlefield, both Ukraine and Russia are hitting targets hundreds of kilometers deep in enemy territory using long-range UAVs.
They are highly cost-effective means of bombing weapons factories, military bases or energy facilities.
And yet, in a constant game of cat and mouse, both sides are developing increasingly sophisticated means of stopping drones through electronic warfare.
In response, Russia and Ukraine are racing to develop UAVs guided by AI rather than GPS, which can be easily jammed.
Ukraine relies on key allies to help with this mission and to send it more expensive, high-tech drones, but the deliveries are nowhere near the sufficient scale needed.
By 2023, Ukraine’s goal was to acquire 200,000 drones. By 2024, Zelensky promised that they would build a million themselves.
Between January and February this year, authorities revealed that FPV production already totaled 200,000.
Ukrainian forces are now said to have killed 512,420 Russian soldiers and destroyed 15,020 armored fighting vehicles and 13,345 artillery pieces since the start of the war.
Ukraine has also been short of troops, ammunition and air defenses in recent months.
Kremlin forces continue to attempt to paralyze the national energy supply and cross the front line in the eastern parts of the country.
The war cost tens of thousands of lives on both sides, including more than 11,000 Ukrainian civilians, according to the United Nations.
While Ukraine has turned to Western countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned to nations like Iran and North Korea for help.
Fighting along the roughly 620-mile front line has been concentrated in recent months in the partially occupied Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces are trying to reach the important town of Chasiv Yar, atop a hill, and other strategic centers.
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