Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that operators from the Rubikon drone center struck over 15 Ukrainian armored vehicles near Druzhkovka in the Donetsk region.
- It listed targets as including T-64BV and T-80U tanks, an M113 armored personnel carrier, an American-made M109A6 Paladin, and a Leopard 1A5.
- The ministry said some Ukrainian crews attempted to move vehicles out of the area, including a Leopard 1A5, but were immobilized and hit by FPV “kamikaze” drones.
- Officials described follow-on attacks using cluster munitions adjusted by Rubikon reconnaissance UAV operators, with strikes continuing into the night.
- Separate footage released a day earlier showed a Leopard 1A5 near Sergeevka disabled by drones flying under its turret, with all claims sourced to Russian military statements and not independently verified in the provided reports.