Recent reports from April 14, 2024, highlight the significant role of drones in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, particularly in the Donetsk, Kherson, and Kharkiv regions. Ukrainian forces, including the 'Samosud team' of the 11th brigade of NSU using thermal drones, have effectively utilized FPV drones to target Russian personnel and equipment, resulting in multiple casualties and the destruction of military hardware. Notably, Ukrainian air defense systems successfully intercepted all 10 Russian-launched Shahed drones in Kharkiv Oblast. Meanwhile, Russian strikes have also caused civilian casualties, including a deadly attack in Kharkiv Oblast that killed two civilians. The use of drones by both sides has intensified the warfare, with Ukrainian forces employing them to halt Russian advances and target strategic positions.
🔥| The «Strike Drone Company» of the 47th Mechanised Brigade struck a 🇷🇺Russian soldier decision-making centre with FPV drone in Avdiivka direction. What legs doing??? https://t.co/soIOtJ1HJG
WATCH: Burning Dugout After Ukrainian ‘Baba Yaga’ Drone Strike Video footage of reportedly Russian positions in flames after a strike by “Baba Yaga,” a repurposed agricultural #drone that has become a nightmare for Russian troops. https://t.co/H9UvXPu1BW
❗️Ukrainian air defense forces have destroyed all nine Shahed drones used by Russia to attack the country within the regions of #Kherson, #Mykolaiv, #Khmelnytskyi, #Poltava, #Cherkasy, and Dnipropetrovsk, the Air Force reported. https://t.co/0kzvbLXMXE
FANCY FLYING: @JayinKyiv posts this video of a Ukrainian FPV flying into a Russian artillery position, finding the concealed ‘Hyacinth’ 152mm gun, and then detonating directly on the breech. Epic. https://t.co/U23IYAsAvg
FANCY FLYING: @JayinKyiv posts this video of Ukrainian FPV flying into a Russian artillery position, finding the concealed ‘Hyacinth’ 152mm gun and then detonating directly on the breech. Epic. https://t.co/U23IYAsAvg
🔥| 🇷🇺Russian T-64BV tank and its crew were taken out of actions by FPV drones strikes of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian 81st Airmobile Brigade in the Bilohorivka direction, Luhansk region. Russians probably from the 127th (ex-7th) Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (LNR) https://t.co/Qziu6dKkXp
🔥| 🇺🇦Ukrainian drone operators from the 33rd Mechanised Brigade successfully knocked out 🇷🇺Russian tank T-90M «Breakthrough» and BMD-4, which attempting to break through to their positions during the night in Bakhmut direction. They used night vision drones, which volunteer… https://t.co/eY0a3bFxqq
The power of drones. Ukrainian FPV pilots destroy russian tanks, IFVs and APCs in Donetsk region. 📹: 92nd Assault Brigade https://t.co/uQT7pleO7E
Russian FPV drone attempts to take down a Ukrainian Baba Yaga hexacopter, which results in its crash and detonation. https://t.co/Zjb3H3xGCi
Russian strike on Kharkiv region kills two and injures four, governor says https://t.co/Ydji7CVkjW https://t.co/PK44OVorRv
Ukrainian ATV vehicle destroyed by an FPV. https://t.co/utoNufaOM7
🔥| I've already published the destruction of this 🇷🇺Russian BTR-82A, but now I've found the full video. As it turns out, this BTR was blown up by a TM-62 anti-tank mine that was remotely mined by a 🇺🇦Ukrainian drone, Baba Yaga. A drone war, I can't say anything else... https://t.co/1pwLIMBbOO
Crazy footage depicts the final moments of a Russian soldier before a Ukrainian FPV drone Kamikazes into the the soldier. https://t.co/Dw6MO9nd4L
NO MERCY FOR RUSSIAN INVADERS! 🇺🇦Ukrainian drone operators of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade destroys Orcs and their heavy equipment in Donetsk region. https://t.co/fX5nRZWlYl
⚡️Governor: Russian attack on Siversk in Donetsk Oblast kills 4. Russian shelling of the city of Siversk in Donetsk Oblast killed four men aged between 36 and 86, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported on April 15. https://t.co/ffnKRE7kgn
Woman killed and man injured in Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia Oblast – photo https://t.co/cBDEKNt1DC
Russian personnel hiding near recently destroyed BTR's were targetted by FPV drones of the 47th Mechanized Brigade in the Avdiivka direction. https://t.co/MSoCx9il3A
⚡️Russia attacks 7 communities in Sumy Oblast, killing 1. Russian forces attacked seven communities in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy Oblast, killing one person, the regional administration reported on April 14. At least 76 explosions were recorded. https://t.co/NakFxrbZ1L
🤬 12, including teenager, injured by Russian missile wreckage near city of Dnipro – photo https://t.co/V3nbFBn7TJ
Russian soldier films a Ukrainian FPV drone strike on his comrade. https://t.co/y9D99RkQ9b
🔥| 🇺🇦Ukrainian Forces repelled 🇷🇺Russian attack in the area east of Novobakhmutivka village, Donetsk region. Russian BTR-82A was destroyed by FGM-148 Javelin(?) anti-tank system. https://t.co/b1QAFXBoM8
⚡️ Russian drone attack injures 2 in Kherson Oblast. Russian troops hit the village of Odradokamyanka in Kherson Oblast with an FPV drone on April 14, local authorities reported. The attack injured a 44-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman. https://t.co/SPvheEeGB3
Cheap drones deployed as ‘eyes in the skies’ over Ukraine are transforming warfare, allowing operators to destroy expensive equipment or hunt and kill individual soldiers. https://t.co/GYw9o0AqQ5
⚡️ Update: Number of injured in Russian attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast rises to 12. At least 12 people were injured in the Russian missile attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on April 14, Governor Serhii Lysak reported. https://t.co/0txB6x54eZ
🚀🚫 Shot down Russian "Kh-22" missile in Donetsk region! https://t.co/rEkD79mHAn
🔥| In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy once again tried to attack the positions of Ukrainian soldiers. Thanks to the "Vampire" attack drone, the Russians' attempt to advance was stopped. As a result, TWO BTR-82A were destroyed, one dead and one wounded invader. https://t.co/FTv3rZ0FGF
A Russian occupier filmed a Ukrainian FPV drone attacking his fellow soldier A few seconds before it arrives, he yells for the other soldier to leave, but it is useless; it would have been more useful if they hadn't come at all. https://t.co/8tjMTiLYxT
Additional videos of drone-on-drone combat in Ukraine, with FPVs targeting larger, heavier drones. https://t.co/TP8QEaCFge https://t.co/Dr1lgOgo8U https://t.co/55ra4foOpl
Russian serviceman films his comrade attacked by an FPV drone. https://t.co/zRaRPAz1Ce https://t.co/iMzIg7Ng5J
Russian troops struck a private house in Kharkiv Oblast with an air bomb, resulting in the deaths of a couple living there. A 61-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man were killed, buried beneath the rubble of their home. https://t.co/CCpdhnvlK0
🔥🔥🔥 🇷🇺Russian Orc was destroyed by 🇺🇦Ukrainian FPV drone of the 47th Mechanised in Avdiivka direction. What legs doing??? SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME! https://t.co/j2lOh3lWCU
Two killed by Ukrainian strikes in Kherson region, says Russian-installed official https://t.co/2QEQn5ePP3 https://t.co/4O4skxSIOP
🤩🔥 2 Russian BTR-82 along with the crew were going to storm the positions of the Tavriya paratroopers. It all ended with an attack from the FPV... https://t.co/5YL4isjkXw
Drones are changing the war in Ukraine like tanks did during World War I - WP The Washington Post notes that the growing number of small drones at the front has turned the so-called "gray zone" into a "death zone." According to a Ukrainian military officer, relatively cheap… https://t.co/8x54bWNGEi
👏 Air defence downs all 10 Russian-launched Shahed drones in Kharkiv Oblast https://t.co/656Gddvmz3
⚡️Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast kills two. A Russian attack killed two civilians in Kharkiv Oblast on April 13, the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration reported on April 14. The strike destroyed a house in the village of Vesele, killing a man and a woman. Their bodies…
A Russian soldier films from the ground how a Ukrainian FPV drone plows into another Russian soldier. https://t.co/chaN3mHyhq
🔥👀 Operators of the "Samosud team" of the 11th brigade of NSU destroyed the location of the Russians on the left bank of the Kherson region with thermal drones. https://t.co/RArAxsaU0N