This is the moment a Ukrainian drone strike wipes out a Russian soldier on a motorbike.
The video, taken in an unspecified location in Ukraine, follows the armed drone as it pursues its enemy down a dirt path.
The drone starts to gain on the motorbike as it races down the road.
The video suddenly blacks out as the drone then strikes the rear of the bike.
It comes as Vladimir Putin’s forces meet fierce resistance on the front line, which officials say stretches for more than 1,500 kilometres (930 miles).
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Scenes from the battlefront suggest Ukraine’s counteroffensive is making progress, albeit haltingly, as it attempts to expel Russian forces from its territory.
In another humiliating setback, a Ukrainian sniper kills an unsuspecting soldier after he emerges from the trees.
Despite small wins for Ukraine, the war is in deadlock with no end in sight.
Both armies are struggling to make major progress along the 1,500-kilometer (930-mile) front line in what is largely an artillery war.
But in a stark reminder that the country is still at war, Russia unleashed a wave of nighttime drone and missile attacks across 10 of Ukraine’s 24 regions, Ukrainian authorities said Friday as they prepare for another winter of infrastructure bombardment by the Kremlin’s forces.
Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted 24 of 38 Shahed drones and one Kh-59 cruise missile launched by Russia.
The attacks caused fires in homes and public buildings, especially in the southern Kherson region which Moscow has increasingly targeted in recent weeks, emergency services said. Authorities reported that two people were injured.
“We understand that as winter approaches, Russian terrorists will attempt to cause more harm,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram after the attacks, employing his usual choice of words for the enemy’s forces.
Last winter, Russia took aim at Ukraine’s power grid in an effort to deny civilians light and heating and chip away at the country’s appetite for war. Ukrainian officials accused the Kremlin of weaponizing winter.
The Russian strikes are inflicting “unimaginable levels of suffering” on Ukrainian civilians, according to Ramesh Rajasingham, coordination director in the UN humanitarian office.
Andriy Yermak, the president’s chief of staff, said Russia had expanded the number of drones it uses in its routine nighttime attacks as winter approaches.
“The battle for the sky is what awaits us,” he said on Telegram.
