A special unit of the Ukrainian defence forces, fighting the Ukraine war, has claimed that it has managed to destroy the 40-mile convoy of the Russian army heading towards Kyiv. The convoy had come to a grinding halt outside the Ukrainian capital and these amateur drone users said they launched multiple deadly ambushes to deal a death blow to the mechanised column.
The drone operators of the 30-strong Ukrainian special forces were drawn from an air reconnaissance unit Aerorozvidka, according to The Guardian. The publication further said that this unit has evolved into an essential element in Ukraine’s successful resistance against Russia.
The fighters use drones with thermal imagine cameras or those capable of dropping small bombs as well as sniper rifles, according to The Guardian.
The drone operators on quad bikes carry out night ambushes. The unit’s commander Lt Col Yaroslav Honchar told The Guardian that the riders were able to approach the massive column of tanks and other artillery by riding through the forests at night.
