The Ukrainian military managed another interesting strike, destroying a Russian tank with the help of the interaction of unmanned forces and ground forces, which already use the well-known anti-tank complex “Stugna-P”.

Stugna-P drone shot down by UkrainiansPhoto: video shooting

The video of the strike shows how a tank in a fortified position is spotted by a drone and then destroyed by a missile fired by the Stugna-P system, one of the most versatile weapons in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The war in Ukraine highlighted the importance of drones in modern armed conflict, as they were used for the first time in large-scale warfare. Previously, they were used by the US military to deliver high-precision strikes against rebels in the Middle East.

The Ukrainians received thousands of Western-made drones in addition to the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2s, which were crucial in stopping the Russian advance in the first phase of the war when they tried to capture Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities.

Russian armed forces have an advantage over Ukrainians when it comes to drones

Turkish President Recep Erdogan recently said that Vladimir Putin had expressed a desire for Russia to work with Istanbul-based Baykar, which makes the Bayraktar TB2 drones, because the Russian armed forces do not have enough drones due to Western sanctions.

The United States accuses Iran of preparing to supply Russia with hundreds of drones, a charge denied by both Tehran and Moscow.

But it has already been widely commented on by Russian military bloggers. Igor Girkin, a former commander of pro-Russian separatists in Donbas, said last week that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu should be “exchanged” with his Iranian counterpart, “who managed to supply the Iranian armed forces with thousands of domestically produced drones of various classes.”

“He is very good at chopping wood… and there are no reindeer herders (S.K. Shoigu’s only military specialty) in the Iranian army at all, or if there are, I’m sure there are very few of them,” said Girkin, one of the majority prominent Russian military bloggers, referring to the fact that the Russian Defense Minister was born in the Republic of Tuva in southern Siberia.

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