Ukrainian 'kamikaze drone' targets Russian tank in Kharkiv Oblast

The Ukrainian Armed Forces posted video on March 11 which they said showed a “kamikaze drone” destroying a Russian tank in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast.

The footage was released by the Ukrainian Security Service and shows the drone flying into the tank as it attempts to leave the town of Pershotravneve.

“Special agents of the Special Operations Center ‘A’ of the SBU destroyed another tank of the occupiers with a kamikaze drone,” the service wrote on Facebook.

“The Russians tried to escape, but they were not very successful. And we will continue to destroy the invaders until complete victory,” they added.

According to a recent update from the UK’s Ministry of Defence, Pershotravneve lies within a contested area between Ukrainian and Russian forces in the northeast of the country.

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[JosephVeee]

These guys seriously strapped an RPG rocket to a drone, thats just great 😂

[krusethorsten]

The last thought of the tank driver before the drone hits his mind: “Russian army is really mind-blowing”.

[imaginemetoo]

SLAVA AFU 🇺🇦
SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦
HEROYAM SLAVA 🇺🇦✌️
💙💛💙💛💙💛

[gerritdykgraaf]

Need to have another drone recording the devastation!! No boom boom!!?

[ccoop]

Imo a higher attack angle would be much easier, more effective, and less chance to hit other objects by accident Slava Ukraini

[PatriciaSantos-qtlw]

Awesome! Seems to me that the Ukrainian welcoming drone-eggs are now more powerful/effective than before. Hopefully they continue increasing the intensity [..] of the welcoming party..🙌 😊

[rica_r_d_o]

Is that an rpg 7 warhead attached to the drone?

[PatriciaSantos-qtlw]

Great. It's impossible to feel any distress by such wonderful events! 👌 It would be distressing only IF we couldn't see lovely Ukrainian patriots disinfecting their beautiful home! 👆 💖🇺🇦🔱 ✌

[patlab]

RPG can now make U-turns, that's new 👍 🇺🇦

[JeffLines]

Looks like it already took an artillery shell to the flank or potentially a mine. But good on them for clearing it to prevent any potential recovery.

[uribensh]

Glory to Ukraine, glory to the Ukrainian army

[ethanrichardson]

The culture 🕊️❤️ of Ukraine 🇺🇦 will prevail 🗽🤞

[MeisjeAndMe]

Showing us Ukrainian ingenuity allover. 😁😁😁
Hit or miss, the way of using old with new tech is fascinating.👍👍👍

[Spike-kcwb]

Don't you feel sad for the brave drones

[dave]

How big must that drone be... Wouldn't that RPG head weigh a lot?

[KellieCastle]

Too bad we didn't see the success of the kamikaze drone Less satisfactory

[painreal]

None of these troops are aware of they surroundings an the recruiters want these dudes. 🤣

[antonioimago]

That's baby kick, mq9 drone needed

[FINSTREAM]

Why do you run the same video clip many times and you could have just set it so that the drone hits the tank. There's nothing wrong with that

[onlinebills]

If he hit the tank from the side (big IF, from what we assume from the video) this RPG head cant do much against the tank armor.
Just saying, for those who are not familiar how these two things work