Drones are extremely difficult to shoot down by small weapons, according to RT.
The clip released by one of the Telegram accounts linked to the military shows soldiers firing at the drone until it crashed and exploded.
The 30-second black and white clip recorded with night vision shows the four-wing aircraft that the soldier was trying to aim at at in a cross-shaped airship. It was heard that the soldiers fired shells at the UAVs.
Another Telegram account linked to the Russian military said the soldiers fired anti-aircraft fireworks at the drone.
At one point, the marksman reached the target and the drone caught fire before crashing into the ground. A loud explosion was heard from behind, in which the soldier shouted: "it exploded" and another person said he had hit the target.
Although the UAV in the video looks like a regular four-wheeled vehicle flying in the sky, the caption of the video shows that it is a "Baba Yaga" drone.
Initially designed as agricultural equipment, these drones are known for their large size and the ability to carry a payload of up to 50 kg.
Named after a witch-like figure in Slav folk culture, the Baba Yaga drone can have quadcopter variants (4 vents), hexacopter (6 vents) or even octocopter (8 vents).
According to the Russian military, it can carry up to 4 mortar shells and can launch them at targets. Some revised versions are said to have wings up to 3 meters long.
drones are still quite slow because their speed when fully loaded reaches about 40 km/h. Their fans also make a big sound. These UAVs have a maximum altitude of 400 m and a range of about 10 km.
Ukrainian forces often use such drones in night raids against Russian positions.
Low altitude and noise make these drones more vulnerable to detection, but they are still considered a District targets by the Russian military because they are controlled by the Starlink satellite system and have the ability to fly automatically.
That makes them highly resistant to electronic warfare systems often used against drones.
In April, soldiers and officers serving in one of the Russian volunteer units told Russian media that the army had detected them at a range of up to 6 km using heat cameras before trying to "blind" and shoot down the UAVs.
The thich hop for the video released on July 16 also said that the soldier who shot down the drone had a thermoblast on his weapon.
