Last Updated on 03/09/2024 by Arun jain
A new video shows a new use of drones in the war in Ukraine: raining down fire from above.
Footage posted on Monday showed a drone dropping a burning substance over a tree line.
The footage showed a first-person camera feed from the drone itself, followed by aerial video showing the attack from a distance.
It was not clear from the footage whether there were any soldiers in the area where the attack took place.
The footage was shared by several Ukrainian accounts, who attributed the hit to the Ukrainian army’s 108th Territorial Defense Brigade.
an account It claimed to geolocate the strike to an area behind Russian lines in the Zaporizhia region of southeastern Ukraine.
otherOne of the earliest accounts to surface the footage, the celebratory line “Drakeries!” Added, which is a reference to the fire-breathing dragon in the HBO series “Game of Thrones”.
In eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian drone drops molten thermite on a Russian-held treeline, setting it on fire. pic.twitter.com/LWKDj3NGpz
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) September 2, 2024
Open source Intelligence account @OSINTechnical X said the drone appeared to be dropping molten thermite.
The substance, a mixture of aluminum powder and iron oxide, can reach temperatures of 4,000F, enough to burn through metal.
According to Action on Armed ViolenceThermite, a UK advocacy group, has been used by both sides in Ukraine.
Delivering it with a drone, however, seems retroactive.
The war in Ukraine has been called the “war of trees” by an analyst of Center for European Policy AnalysisSoldiers take cover from extensive drone surveillance in treelines, as seen in the video
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