Russian Armed Forces destroyed AFU armored vehicles with FPV drones

The Russian Defense Ministry published footage of the Russian army destroying armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with the help of FPV drones on January 3.

"Thanks to the skill of Russian servicemen, Ukrainian tank and BMP were destroyed by direct hits of FPV drones," the ministry said in a statement.

It is specified that the group of troops "West" found an infantry fighting vehicle of the AFU, which under the cover of a tank tried to deliver the personnel of the group to attack lost positions.

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The day before, on January 2, the military grouping of troops "North" of the Armed Forces (AF) of the Russian Federation destroyed a heavy hexacopter "Baba Yaga" of the AFU militants in Kharkiv region. It was specified that calculations of FPV-drones are in the sky on round-the-clock duty.

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