FPV drone crews destroyed an armored vehicle and a pickup truck of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR

Soldiers of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a Kozak armored car and a pickup truck of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the area of a special military operation in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This was announced on Friday, April 18, by the Russian Defense Ministry.

"Operators of FPV drones of the motorized rifle unit of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a Kozak armored car and an APU pickup truck near the Predtechino settlement," the ministry said.

According to the ministry, at first the Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck was blown up by a mine remotely installed using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) by Russian sappers. Then the drone operator destroyed the car with a precise blow.

It is specified that in the same area, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to organize a rotation using Kozak. However, the Ukrainian armored car was quickly discovered by scouts and destroyed by an FPV drone.

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The day before, on April 17, the military personnel of the North group of forces destroyed the AFU firing position in the area of the SVO in the Sumy region.