A new video shared by the Ukrainian military on social media shows that Russian soldiers are not safe from Kyiv’s kamikaze drones, even in fortified trenches built by the army that Vladimir Putin sent to Ukraine.

The footage shows how the drone operators of the 59th Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces manage to precisely guide the kamikaze drone to the fortified position that the Russians have built in their trenches.

Another shocking video that appeared on social media in early April captured a defensive position with trenches filled with Russian soldiers killed by Ukrainian drones.

But new footage shows that even the invading army’s fortified trenches don’t seem much safer for the troops Putin sent into Ukraine on February 24 last year, as Ukrainian drone operators appear to have stepped up their attacks. infantry.

If last summer most of the footage showing attacks by Ukrainian drones with home-made munitions were mainly strikes on military equipment, then in recent months a significant part of them shows attacks on Russian soldiers in trenches and other defensive positions.

Russian soldiers, certain losses in the trenches

This paradigm shift seems to be related to the evolution of the nature of the fighting in Ukraine, which, starting with the arrival of winter and also in the previous months, ended mainly in battles of attrition from defensive positions, partially reminiscent of the battles fought in the First World War .

The proliferation of drone strikes in Ukraine appears to be an adaptation to this situation, as such strikes have become more destructive for at least two reasons.

The most obvious is the fact that Russian soldiers in the trenches in most cases cannot easily escape to another position during such attacks.

Second, the attacks themselves lead to greater casualties because the blast waves of spent ammunition are scattered in the trenches, often causing serious injury or even death.

The tactics seem simple, but brutally effective: Ukrainian drones “chop” the Russian trenches with such strikes, and then the infantry comes, which eliminates the surviving Russian soldiers and takes their positions.

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