Fourteen months into Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, separatist troops still aren’t protecting their tanks from attacks by $500 drones. Worse, they haven’t learned to stop sending tank after tank into the same kill zone. 59th Mechanized Brigade capture There’s a field near Nevel’s’ke, just west of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, that’s a virtual graveyard for Russian tanks.
In the span of just three days starting on Wednesday, drone operators with the Ukrainian 59th Mechanized Brigade knocked out no fewer than four T-72 and T-80 tanks apparently belonging to Ukrainian separatists fighting under Russian command.
The back-to-back drone strikes underscore the deadly effectiveness of the inexpensive racing drones that Ukrainian— and Russian—forces have transformed into tiny, inexpensive missiles. They’re also a reminder that bad leadership gets soldiers killed and equipment wrecked. After the first couple of losses, any competent commander would stop sending tanks into the same kill zone.
The open fields and tree-lined roads west of Donetsk, the seat of the separatists Donetsk People’s Republic, for months have been a nightmare landscape for Russian and allied forces. The Russian marine corps early this year headtopics.com
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