A new video released by the Ukrainian military shows their drone operators delivering a stunning new strike with a kamikaze drone.

Footage captured by drone operators of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shows them piloting the drone through the forest for a minute to find a Russian dugout that was likely identified in advance by the unmanned reconnaissance/surveillance aircraft.

While previously released videos have shown how Ukrainian operators managed to direct kamikaze drones directly into the hatches of Russian tanks or hit Moscow soldiers out of the sky, the new footage shows just how maneuverable these weapons can be when used by a combat-ready military.

In addition to the fact that the drone flew for a minute without crashing into a tree, the Ukrainian operators then managed to guide it to the entrance to the bunker built by the Russian army in the forest.

What is known about the 67th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is behind the new strike of kamikaze drones

The forest near the town of Kreminna is in the western part of Luhansk Oblast, a war zone that has attracted less attention in recent months as the main efforts of Ukraine’s summer offensive are concentrated in the south of the country, a secondary front. while in the area of ​​the city of Bakhmut, Luhansk region.

However, on September 17, the Russian military announced the destruction of several tactical command posts of the 67th separate mechanized brigade, which was recruiting new personnel, but claimed that the strikes were in the Donetsk region.

“Tactical command posts of the 100th territorial defense brigade and the 67th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired upon in the area of ​​the village of Serebryanka of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said at the time, calling it strange. pro-separatist Russians to the territory they control in eastern Ukraine, although President Vladimir Putin has officially referred to his proclamation since last year.

In November of last year, the 67th mechanized brigade was created as part of the Ukrainian army, which included several battalions that participated in the battles for Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol, whose fighters were previously part of the Ukrainian special forces.

Although less is known about the 67th brigade compared to other similar units of the Ukrainian army, it is known that its fighters were equipped with M-55 S1 tanks donated by Slovenia to Ukraine.

Based on the old Soviet T-55, but heavily modernized, these combat vehicles can fire armor-piercing ammunition with depleted uranium, like the British Challenger 2 tanks or the American Abrams models.

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