RT reported that the Russian Ministry of Defense released a video recording the UAV Lancet drone destroying a Ukrainian tank hiding in the forest near the border in Russia's Kursk province.
Kiev sent thousands of soldiers and many vehicles across the border into Kursk province on August 6 to disperse Russian reserve troops. Moscow responded by hunting down the intruders and attacking Donbass.
The 10-second clip released on August 24 shows a UAV Lancet patrol bullet attacking a tank parked under foliage in a dense forest area, causing the armored vehicle to smoke and burn.
In an announcement posted on the official Telegram channel, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that units of Russia's Northern forces group discovered Ukrainian tanks during intelligence operations. After analyzing the data received, military forces targeted enemy tanks.
“The Lancet UAV patrol bullet knocked out a tank operated by the Ukrainian armed forces with a direct strike, this was confirmed by objective surveillance footage obtained in real time,” the ministry said. ”.
Lancet is a patrol ammunition developed by a subsidiary of weapons manufacturing group Kalashnikov Concern. It debuted at the 2019 Army Exhibition in Moscow and was first used in Syria the following year.
Russia has ramped up drone production on a large scale amid the Ukraine conflict, deploying them on the battlefield to attack Kiev's armored vehicles and vehicles.
Russian air and missile strikes have targeted Ukrainian troops both inside Kursk province and neighboring Ukraine's Sumy province.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces carried out 16 attacks with precision weapons and drones on military airfields, ammunition depots, missile/artillery depots and missile system hangars. Ukraine's NASAMS surface-to-air surface last week.
"From August 17 to 23, the Russian armed forces carried out 16 combined attacks with precision weapons and drone attacks on airport infrastructure, ammunition depots, missiles and artillery, weapons repair workshops, Ukrainian military equipment as well as the NASAMS surface-to-air missile system warehouse" - TASS quoted a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense as saying.
According to the latest data on special military operations in Ukraine published by the Russian Ministry of Defense , the Ukrainian army lost about 16,155 soldiers in battles with Russian forces in all front-line areas over the past week. .
