Dramatic moment: Ukrainian kamikaze drone dives on unwitting Putin soldier and blows him up with a direct head shot
THIS is the moment a Ukrainian kamikaze drone strikes a Russian soldier in the head with pinpoint accuracy.
Showing dramatic images Vladimir Putin's man walks on the battlefield when the drone flies up from behind and hits him in a huge explosion.
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The video then shows the Russian soldier lying lifeless on the ground as smoke rises into the air.
Ukraine's Strike Drones Company, part of the country's armed forces, released the footage on Tuesday, followed by a statement.
It said: “Everyone has seen how the pilots of the 47th OMbr attack the UAV company and destroy the invaders, but this case is special.
“Not every pilot is capable of hitting an orc in the head with a kamikaze drone while it's in motion.”
It comes just a day after Ukraine claimed this sank another Russian warship – with 50 sailors on board – using kamikaze sea drones.
Footage shared by Ukraine Department of Defense showed the dramatic moment when the boats rushed towards Putin's £55 million Black Sea rocket ship “Ivanovets” and sent it into flames.
In another major scalp for Ukraine were two of Putin's most crucial spy planes worth £290 million shot last month.
One of the Russian dictator's spy planes worth £260million disappeared and a bomber worth £30million was set on fire after Ukrainian forces shot them out of the skies over the Sea of Azov.
Ukraine also previously carried out a cyberattack that disabled a Russian Defense Ministry server, resulting in a temporary disruption of communications between Moscow's military units, Ukrainian officials said.
Russia invaded Ukraine almost two years ago, on February 24, 2022 – in what the Kremlin still calls a “special military operation.”
Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine's military intelligence, said he expects the Russian offensive on the eastern front to subside in early spring.
He said they had only made “a few advances across some fields” and near Avdiivka.
He added: “Now it is the enemy's move. It will come to an end, and I think ours will begin.”
Today marks the 707th day of the full-scale war, as Putin's war machine takes heavy hits.
Since the start of the war, Russia had lost approximately 385,230 personnel, 6,310 tanks and 11,757 armored fighting vehicles. army officials said.
MORE LOSSES
Putin's army also reportedly lost 9,195 artillery units, 974 multiple rocket systems, 663 air defense systems, 332 fighter planes and 324 helicopters.
The list goes on: 7,100 drones, 1,846 cruise missiles, 23 warships, 1 submarine, 12,231 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 1,452 units of special equipment.
In the meantime, Ukraine will receive a first large batch of long-range missiles built by Boeing and Saab.
The missiles will extend their range deep into Russian-occupied territory and will complement US-supplied ATACM missiles.
On Thursday, EU members unanimously agreed to provide 50 billion euros in new aid to Ukraine.
The money will come from taxes and profits from billions of dollars in Russian central bank assets.
LONG TERM HELP
The assets were frozen after the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Europe must be prepared to help Ukraine “in the long term,” with or without Ukraine's help United States.
He said: “If the United States were to make a sovereign choice to cut or reduce this aid, it should have no impact on the ground.”
CIA Director Bill Burns has said that 2024 could be a difficult year for Ukraine as the country continues to fight the Russian invasion.
He added that cutting off US aid to Kiev would be a mistake of “historic proportions”.