The Ukrainian military destroyed the Russian T-62 tank. The Drone Army had a hand in this.
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the Telegram of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov.
“The Russian tank with a flying turret is the work of the UAV strike company of the 79th airborne assault brigade of PERUN GROUP in the Donetsk region,” he noted.
According to Fedorov, the fighters skillfully hit the ammunition load of the T-62 tank with an FPV drone.
“Then there was a powerful detonation and the Russian rubbish was completely destroyed,” the minister added.
Russian losses in Ukraine
Russia’s losses in the war in Ukraine as of the morning of Wednesday, October 18, amounted to 620 occupiers, the total number of losses of the Russian army since the beginning of the invasion is 290,050 military personnel. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a plane and six helicopters. In particular, in one day the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Tauride direction destroyed about 300 invaders , 16 units of military equipment and an enemy aircraft.
Interestingly, according to data as of the end of June, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed 120-130 tank battalions of Russian invaders since the beginning of the war. And more than a fifth of the known losses of Russian planes and helicopters since the beginning of the war were not caused by the actions of Ukraine.
Source : РБК-Украина