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Mind-blowing video game-style footage shows Ukrainian drone drop a bomb on a Russian tank triggering enormous fireball
DRAMATIC footage captures the moment a Ukrainian drone drops a bomb on a Russian tank, sparking a huge fireball.
The video, reportedly filmed in the Mykolaiv region of southern Ukraine, shows in crystal-clear quality the improvised explosive land a direct hit on a Russian T-72 tank.
Drone footage shows the moment a Ukrainian drone drops a bomb on a Russian tank[/caption]
The T-72 tank had been hidden under tree cover[/caption]
The bomb explodes in an enormous fireball[/caption]
In the brief clip, which was shared on Twitter, the drone’s camera pans over a wooded area to where the Russian tank has been hidden by the tree cover.
The drone gets directly over the tank while the operator checks the angles, before unleashing an improvised munition containing a 1.5kg explosive payload.
It lands right on the tank’s engine area, triggering an enormous explosion and taking the tank out of action.
The drone camera then zooms in to examine the damage to the T-72, each one costs around $1 million (£890k) when new.
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It isn’t known if there were any Russian soldiers inside the tank at the time.
The video comes as fighting continues across southern and eastern Ukraine, with President Zelensky’s forces battling to retake more of the territory claimed by Russia.
Vlad‘s troops have been forced to beat a hasty retreat from parts of Kherson Oblast, which only last month was welcomed into Russia along with three other Ukrainian territories following sham referendums carried out by Putin’s thugs.
Kyiv accuses Moscow of forcibly deporting Ukrainians to Russia as it retreats, something the Kremlin has denied.
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Meanwhile, more Russian missiles were filed on Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, sparking further fears of damage to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.
President Zelensky accused Russian forces this week of planting mines at a major hydroelectric dam in Kherson, seeking to destroy it and trigger a “catastrophe on a grand scale”.
He also said the attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure including power plants is aimed at creating a new wave of refugees to further destabilise Europe.
Russia claims to have conscripted at least 260,000 people so far, 40,000 short of the target set by the Russian parliament, the Duma.
However, the mobilisation has sparked fury among many in Russia, leading to claims it has been halted early in parts of the country.
Reports say Putin’s army is enlisting the names of the dead, disabled, and children in a bid to artificially inflate its conscription numbers.
The drone was carrying a 1.5kg improvised explosive that landed directly on the tank[/caption]
The aftermath of the explosion that destroyed the Russian tank[/caption]
Putin’s secret enlistment police threatened to smash down the dead man’s door in a bid to round up conscripts, his family told news site Mediazona.
His niece said: “They promised to destroy the door, so we opened up.”
While Oleg Vasiliev, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy and is unable to walk, was stunned when he was ordered to go to his nearest enlistment office.
Others called up include a foreign woman who was handed Russian citizenship just two years ago, a 63-year-old pensioner and a 16-year-old transplant patient.
It comes as Putin made a rare appearance in public this week, firing a sniper rifle at a training camp for mobilised Russians.
The Russian President, who recently turned 70, wore protective eye goggles as he tested the rifle at a training ground in the Ryazan region, roughly 100 miles southeast of the capital Moscow.
He lay under a net while firing several shots at a target some 300 metres away.
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No footage was released showing whether or not the short-sighted tyrant hit any of the targets, nor was there any explanation for the visit.
And a chilling nuclear war simulator has revealed how a Russian nuclear strike could trigger a global conflict, killing 35 million people in just a matter of hours.
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Shocking moment Russian missiles erupt into massive fireball on Ukrainian street as desperate residents flee
TERRIFIED residents were forced to flee as Russian missiles pummeled a street in Ukraine.
Shocking footage shows a huge fireball erupt and massive plumes of smoke billowing into the sky as two blasts rocked Dnipro.
Footage shows traffic grinding to a halt as a Russian missile struck Dnipro[/caption]
A second blast then hit as smoke billowed into the sky[/caption]
Terrified residents could be seen fleeing[/caption]
At least four people were killed in the city and a further 20 injured – while dozens of missiles blitzed multiple regions across Ukraine on Monday.
The dramatic clip shows traffic grinding to a halt as the first explosion went off – sending thick black smoke into the sky.
As a car races away from the scene and horrified pedestrians flee, a second blast hits the street.
Emine Dzheppar, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, said 20 missiles hit the region on Monday.
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She tweeted: “Ukrainian defenders managed to shoot down one quarter of the missiles.
“Enemy targeted Dnipro’s critical infrastructure, leaving thousands of people without electricity.”
The strikes in Dnipro came as Moscow unleashed a deadly barrage of missiles across Ukraine on Monday – blasting playgrounds, bridges and civilians.
Russia‘s former president Dmitry Medvedev has warned the attack was only the “first episode” of the retaliation for the explosion of the Crimean bridge.
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In the capital Kyiv at least six people were killed amid burnt-out cars and shattered buildings.
At least 14 people were killed and 97 injured with explosions in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr, Kremenchuk Zaporizhzhia Kharkiv and Kropyvnytskyi also reported.
The brutal revenge blitz followed the daring blast that destroyed a strategically vital bridge linking Crimea with mainland Russia on Saturday.
In a televised speech, Putin said Moscow had launched long-range missile attacks against Ukraine’s energy, military and communications infrastructure on Monday in retaliation for the attack on the Crimean bridge.
He said: “The Kyiv regime, with its actions, has put itself on the same level as international terrorist organisations.
“It is obvious that the Ukrainian secret services ordered, organised and carried out the terrorist attack aimed at destroying Russia’s critical civilian infrastructure.”
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“If attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory continue, Russia’s responses will be harsh and, in terms of their scale, will correspond to the level of threats posed by the Russian Federation.
“Nobody should have any doubts about this.”
Explosions were heard across the city shortly after 8am local time[/caption]
The blasts came after Putin’s prized bridge was targeted on Saturday[/caption]
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