"You fly and hear them squeak": how a Ukrainian drone "Vampir" destroys Russian tanks - hromadske

Russians advance on Kupyansk. The main direction of the attack was the small village of Synkivka, 7 km from the city itself.

"They are biting this part of the front. Before that, Ivanivka was important to them. They were not allowed there – they are trying in Synkivka," Oleksandr, a soldier of the 32nd separate mechanized brigade, comments on the situation in this direction.

Here, not far from Kupyansk, hromadske journalists go on night duty with the UAV unit, which works on the Ukrainian Vampire attack drone.

On this hexacopter (the drone got its name because it has six engines), the military works mainly at night, because it can be heard and seen from afar. Today, remote mining is carried out – mines are dropped on the roads used by Russian vehicles, and "traditional" drops are also used – on the Russians' dugouts.

In a few days, a Russian tank will blow up on this mine. Although these drones are more
expensive, louder and less mobile than FPV drones, they can carry more explosives and therefore cause more damage.

"How many FPVs does it take to hit a tank? No one counts how many birds they lose. It's cool when we see a video of FPVs and they're just bombing stuff," explains Atem, the drone operator, of the difference in cost.
And he adds: his "Vampire" fully pays for itself.