A new video posted by the Ukrainian military on social media shows Kyiv drone operators striking a group of Russian soldiers stuck behind a truck in an open field.

It is not clear what the Russian military was doing behind the truckPhoto: video recording – Paul Javin

The video shows a group of Russian soldiers stopping their truck next to what appears to be a puddle, realizing the imminent danger just a split second before the drone crashed into one of them.

The reasons why the Russian soldiers chose to stop here in an open field are unclear, given that bomb craters can be seen all around, suggesting that the footage was taken near the front line.

One possibility is that they had to stop to service their truck. Some netizens suggested, more or less jokingly, that the Russian military had stopped for a “picnic”, given the good weather seen in the pictures, which is rare for Ukraine at this time of year.

In addition, the British Ministry of Defense in its assessment of the war in Ukraine on Friday morning noted that propaganda from Moscow is trying to encourage Russian soldiers, who fear an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive, by assuring them that bad weather and terrain are again on their side. , after the arrival of the spring “thaw”.

More and more attacks by kamikaze drones on Russian infantrymen

Recently, a wave of videos have surfaced on social media showing Ukrainian kamikaze drone attacks on Russian infantry, but most of them show soldiers sent by Vladimir Putin to Ukraine being attacked in trenches as part of a drone tactic. launched munitions and other types of bombing before the Ukrainian military stormed them.

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

This paradigm shift seems to be related to the evolution of the nature of the hostilities in Ukraine, which since the end of last year have become mostly battles of attrition from defensive positions, partially reminiscent of battles during the First World War.

Another video that appeared on social media showed how Ukrainian operators managed to direct a kamikaze drone directly into a fortified position built by the Russians in their trenches, even these theoretically safer positions were no refuge for the invading troops.

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