Dramatic moment pro-Putin TV crew are sent flying by motion-detecting MINE dropped by drone over Russian border
THIS is the dramatic moment a team from Putin's state TV are sent flying by a motion-activated mine dropped by a drone over the Russian border.
The blast was caught on camera as the pro-war channel Rossiya-24 crew were filming in Shebekino, Belgorod region, dressed in military fatigues.
The explosion left cameraman Yaroslav Borisov seriously wounded and four others injured.
Borisov was rushed to hospital in grave condition with shrapnel wounds to his abdomen, neck, shoulder, legs, and arms.
He had spotted the anti-personnel mine several feet away and said "Here’s another one" moments before it exploded.
Footage showed Borisov writhing in pain on the ground with visible shrapnel wounds as he received first aid.
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Russian sources allege such mines have been dropped by drone in the border region.
Governor of Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov confirmed that five people were injured in the Shebekino mine detonation.
“The Rossiya-24 cameraman, who had shrapnel injuries to his abdomen and left shoulder, was transported in critical condition to Shebekino Central Regional Hospital.”
He was later reported as “stable” after surgery.
Rossiya-24 is owned by the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), a state-owned media company in Russia seen as a major Putin propaganda tool.
Earlier this week, Ukraine's kamikaze drones blew up Russian tanks in the latest blow to Putin's failing forces.
Spectacular footage shows Kyiv's fierce determination as the drones reduce the hodgepodge "Franken-tanks" to fiery wreckage.
The drones are seen in the daylight mission smoothly descending until they hit Mad Vlad's tinderboxes with pinpoint accuracy.
The clunky military vehicles are then seen engulfed by bright orange flames in a brutal inferno.
As smoke was blown away, what once was a tanker was now reduced to debris and melted metal.
Gripping pictures and clips of the precise attacks were released by Ukraine's Armed Forces on Monday.
It comes after another Ukrainian drone destroyed one of Russia's "indestructible" turtle tanks.
Incredible footage showed the sturdy military vehicle suddenly blowing up in flames after its crew left the hatch wide open in a fatal mistake.
Meanwhile, Putin’s warships and nuclear submarine are passing just 25 miles from the United States in a chilling echo of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Footage shows the tyrant's fleet engaging in war games in the Atlantic just days after it was announced that Russian warships would be sent to the Caribbean for military drills.
Desperate Vlad is also testing remote-controlled drone Z-tanks after "running out of crews" to operate Russian armoured vehicles.
With 1,270 soldiers lost on Sunday and 1,290 on Monday last week, Russia has seen its two bloodiest days of the meatgrinder war back to back.
The rampant rise in fatalities comes after the approval by Western countries for Ukraine to launch an armed attack within Russia.
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Kyiv says Russian casualty figures have been above 1,000 per day since Moscow launched a new offensive in Kharkiv on May 10.
Ukraine & the rise of drone warfare
DESPITE tanks remaining king of the battlefield, killer drones have changed land warfare forever, a retired British general says.
Sir Richard Barrons stated that the deadly clashes in Ukraine demonstrated the power of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), but tanks are destined to adapt and enter an era of automation.
Speaking on The Sun's World at War, Barrons praised drones' improved powers and armour-blitzing abilities, but he dismissed claims that tanks will disappear from the battlefield.
He questioned who would want to head into a fight without a big gun, effective sights and easy manoeuvrability over difficult terrain.
But Barrons noted that as drones change the course of land warfare, tanks too are being forced to adapt and quickly.
Barrons referred to the "significant effect" that first-person-view (FPV) drones have had on the Ukrainian battlefield.
The inexpensive, kamikaze, tank-blitzing precise missiles have become one of Kyiv's biggest success stories, when the military ran dangerously low on munitions owing to long-stalled Western weapons shipments.
However, the retired general stated that FPVs are "not as effective as they sometimes appear".
He said roughly only ";1 in 10 drones makes it through the electronic interference".