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By: Marcus Giebel
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Images from a thermal imaging drone: The target objects can first be seen outlined in red (left), a little later they burst into flames. © Twitter/@Teoyaomiquu
Fighting in the Ukraine war takes place around the clock. More and more at night too. Then thermal imaging drones show the bombs the way and hit Russia hard.
Andriyivka – The devastating effects of cluster munitions were known long before the start of the Ukraine war. More than 100 countries, including many EU states, therefore committed in 2010 not to use, produce or pass on them. In the fight between Ukraine and the aggressor Russia, which has been going on for more than two years, both sides are resorting to this to make their opponents bleed and suffer.
Ukraine uses cluster munitions: Thermal imaging drones show night attacks on Russian tanks
A video published on Twitter by the user “+Constantine+”, who is apparently Constantine Kalinowskyj, demonstrates what cluster bombs can do within a few seconds. The ex-military man, who was born in Kharkiv and now lives in Texas, is part of the “Liberty Ukraine Foundation” team, which collects donations for the country's defense.
In the 36-second clip, twelve targets are marked with red squares. Shortly afterwards, two impacts are seen, each followed by dozens of further explosions. For the software engineer, however, the focus is on the drones, which provide the images shown thanks to thermal images and expose the Russian units in the first place.
“You can see the effective work of our artillery and cluster munitions, but this would not be possible without the thermal imaging drones that provided the picture,” writes the veteran, who says he was part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2014 and 2015: “In second 15 to see Russian tanks explode due to the impact of the submunition.”
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Previously, a Russian attack on Ukraine's 92nd Brigade was repelled thanks to drones with thermal imaging cameras. “+Constatine+” adds that he is currently collecting donations for more such missiles, whether for the 92nd or another brigade. A total of $60,000 is needed.
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Since Russia is very active, especially at night, it is all the more important that Ukraine can defend itself in the dark. His colleague Tonya Lewtschuk informed us a little later that 88 additional birds – i.e. the drones that have already been successfully used – could be paid for. They could be at the front within 48 hours. And maybe save the wounded there too.
The images taken by the thermal imaging drones are said to have been taken in the Donetsk region near the village of Andriyivka, writes the Ukrainian portal
Militarnyi
, which claims to provide “honest news about the army, war and defense”. Accordingly, US 155-millimeter cluster munitions were used. These cluster projectiles would have a killing radius of ten square meters, and splinters could even have an effect within a radius of 50 meters.
Scenes of a war: Destroyed tanks can be seen between various craters. © Twitter/@bayraktar_1love
Ukraine destroys many Russian tanks: pictures show counterattack on “occupation scum”
Another successful Ukrainian counterattack is being spread by a user named “Special Kherson Cat”, who claims to be a cat owner who had to leave his homeland of Kherson. This refers to an entry on the Telegram channel with the name “US Infantryman”, which celebrates the destruction of a unit of eight armored fighting vehicles in sometimes coarse language and also thanks its followers for their support in stopping “this destroyed occupation scum”. could be.
The attack is said to have taken place near Wuhledar in Donetsk Oblast. “+Constantine+” comments on this: “Once again big losses, but unfortunately not enough to stop them.” Drones are said to have destroyed an entire Russian tank column in the past. Videos captured two entire units being turned off.
Meanwhile, in a one-minute clip, Levtschuk shows five sequences in which soldiers are shot at from the air because drones reveal their positions even in the dark. The 95th Brigade is responsible for this: “This literally happened in less than a week. This unit works practically 24/7.” The flying objects seem to be increasingly becoming the nemesis of Russian tanks.
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