Ukrainian tank demolished with kamikaze drone – MOD (VIDEO)
Moscow has released video footage of a Lancet drone destroying a Ukrainian tank hidden in the woods near the border in Russia’s Kursk Region.
Kiev sent several thousand troops and scores of vehicles across the border on August 6 in an effort to divert Russian reserves. Moscow responded by hunting down the intruders and pressing the offensive in Donbass.
A ten-second clip released on Saturday shows a Lancet loitering munition striking a tank parked under foliage in a heavily forested area, sending the armored vehicle up in smoke.
In a message posted on its official Telegram channel, the ministry stated that units of Russia’s North group of forces spotted the combat vehicle during the course of intelligence activities. After analyzing the received data, the military forces targeted the enemy tank.
“Lancet loitering ammunition took out the tank operated by militants of Ukraine’s Armed Forces with a direct hit, which was confirmed by objective control footage obtained in real time,” the ministry said.
The Lancet is a loitering munition developed by a subsidiary of Kalashnikov Concern. It debuted at the 2019 Army expo in Moscow and was first used in Syria the following year. Moscow has massively ramped up production of the drones amid the Ukrainian conflict, deploying them on the battlefield to hit Kiev’s armor and vehicles.
Russia’s air and missile strikes have been targeting Ukrainian troops both inside Kursk Region and in Ukraine’s adjacent Sumy Region. According to the defense ministry, the Russian army has eliminated 5,500 Ukrainian troops since the incursion began.
