During the last year, hostilities in Ukraine have been taking place on all fronts, and as many as there were classic confrontations, there were as many atypical situations and shootouts with home-made weapons in the war. Recently, such a moment was recorded on the front, where a Ukrainian home-made drone with grenades disturbs a Russian tank and eventually knocks it out of battle.

In the footage taken from the Ukrainian drone, it can be seen how it repeatedly pressures the Russian tank until the crew decides to abandon it. At the end, the drone “throws” a grenade through the open hatch of the turret, and the tank is destroyed from the inside and effectively put out of action.

This “uneven” battle between the two weapons shows a stark contrast between conventional and improvised, with significant differences in cost. A cheap commercial drone, improvised by Ukrainians to carry and “throw” grenades, takes out a multimillion-dollar Russian tank…

Ukraine wants cluster bombs from the US to be launched from anti-tank drones

Ukraine may have asked the United States for cluster bombs to be adapted for drones to hit Russian armored vehicles, two US lawmakers said, as quoted by Reuters.

Banned in more than 120 countries, cluster munitions typically release large numbers of smaller bombs that can kill indiscriminately over a large area, threatening civilians.

U.S. Reps. Jason Crowe and Adam Smith, members of the House Armed Services Committee, said Ukraine is seeking the MK-20, an aerial attack cluster bomb. This is in addition to the 155 mm cluster shells that Ukraine has already requested, they said.

MK-20 is transported using a drone. It opens in full flight, releasing over 240 submunitions or arrow-like bombs.

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Eastern Bakhmut is under the complete control of Wagner’s mercenaries, claims Prigozhin

Wagner’s mercenary group has taken full control of the city of Bakhmut in the east of the country, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the paramilitary group, said on Wednesday, Reuters reports.

Prigozhin also repeatedly stated that his mercenaries were successful, but this information was not confirmed.

According to Prigozhin’s estimates on Tuesday, between 12,000 and 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers are fighting in the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, which is fiercely resisting Russian troops, EFE and Agerpres reported.

Zelensky warns: “open road” through eastern Ukraine if Russia captures Bakhmut

Russian forces will have an “open path” to capture key cities in eastern Ukraine if they take control of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in an interview with CNN, defending his decision to keep Ukrainian forces in the besieged city.

“For us, this is a tactic,” Zelenskyy said, insisting that Kyiv’s military leadership was united in expanding the city’s defenses after weeks of Russian attacks that left it on the brink of capture by Moscow forces.

“We understand that after Bakhmut he could go further. He could go to Kramatorsk, he could go to Slovyansk, it would be an open road for the Russians after Bakhmut to other cities of Ukraine, in the direction of Donetsk,” he said in an interview with CNN.

“That’s why our guys stay there,” the Ukrainian president added.