An image shows a drone attack (left) and the Ukrainian drone operator (right) reacting to it. @DefenceU/X
- A drone successfully attacked a Russian SUV on a dirt road in the Kharkiv region.
- A video shared by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry shows the drone operator celebrating the attack.
- “The hand of a master,” the ministry said in a post on X.
A Ukrainian soldier’s excited reaction to his drone’s successful first-person attack on an enemy truck was captured on video.
The video, shared by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and other official channels, shows a drone operator reacting to the movements of his weapon while wearing a Ukrainian military uniform and a head-mounted display.
In addition to the reaction shots, there is a video of the drone in action.
The drone can be seen flying towards its target, an enemy vehicle, which, according to Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service, was a Russian-made UAZ military truck.
In the footage, the drone can be seen approaching the vehicle and successfully hitting it, prompting cheers from the soldier.
Footage from a different angle shows a trail of smoke following the truck as it continues to move along the dirt road.
“The hand of a master,” Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “The border guards of the ‘Steel Border’ could compete with the jewelers of Antwerp.”
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine announced in a press release that the “kamikaze drone” was equipped with a grenade launcher that hit the truck in the Kharkiv region, causing it to drive under a tree and come to a stop.
No one got out of the vehicle, it said.
Ukraine calls these FPVs with improvised warheads “kamikazes” because the warhead destroys the drone itself. According to The Economist, they can carry out attacks that would be unattainable by other types of weapons.
A YouTube channel of Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service said border guards were conducting reconnaissance operations when they noticed an enemy truck heading toward the “occupiers’ positions.”
The drone operator “delivered an explosive gift to the truck,” it said.
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