Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry published footage that it says shows FPV drones destroying a Ukrainian M1A1 Abrams west of Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk region.
- The tank was described as immobilized and detected during reconnaissance before the strike operation.
- Operators from the Rubicon center and the 76th Guards Air Assault Division, with unmanned systems troops from the Pskov formation, were credited with the attack.
- The ministry said a series of direct hits ignited the vehicle, citing objective-monitoring tools observing the fire.
- The released video depicts drones approaching the tank and burning wreckage afterward, and no independent verification was provided in the material.