Ukraine’s newest weapon: Troops use remote-controlled ‘kamikaze’ cars loaded with explosives to destroy Russian tanks

Footage has emerged of Ukrainian troops using remote-controlled “kamikaze” cars loaded with explosives to wipe out Russian tanks.

The fighting is taking place mainly in the easternmost regions of Ukraine, where the city of Bakhmut is embroiled in violent conflicts.

Some Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines are now using explosive-laden remote-controlled cars, known as unmanned ground vehicles, to hit Russian targets, according to a video shared on social media over the weekend.

The video, first posted as part of a YouTube documentary about the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, appears to show Ukrainian soldiers preparing a remote-controlled vehicle for combat before dispatching it.

The soldiers are then seen controlling the movement of the vehicle over a phone, causing it to detonate near what appears to be a Russian tank.

The soldiers are seen controlling the vehicle’s movement via a phone and commanding it to detonate near what appears to be a Russian tank.

A video of the documentary was posted on Twitter over the weekend, where it has been viewed more than 400,000 times.

“Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade deploys explosive-laden kamikaze UGVs on Russian positions,” tweeted Rob Lee, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

The use of these UGVs was also covered in the reports of the pro-Russian Telegram channel of the Novorossiya ZOV militias, which stated that the weapons “can damage armored vehicles, shelters and personnel”.

Further information about the extent of the use of the remotely controlled vehicles, including how many Ukraine keeps and how often soldiers use these types of weapons, has not been released by the Ukrainian military.

The Third Separate Assault Brigade was formed last year from the Asov regiment. His soldiers fought in the battle to conquer Bakhmut, which was engaged in an exhausting war.

Russia also used UGVs during the war, including their “Marker” vehicles, four of which were sent to eastern Ukraine in January.

Ukraine said on Tuesday Russian cruise missiles were destroyed in a 2014 explosion in Moscow-annexed Crimea, but denied responsibility for the “mysterious” incident.

“An explosion in the town of Dzhankoi in northern temporarily occupied Crimea destroyed Russian Kalibr NK cruise missiles while they were being transported by rail,” Ukraine’s military intelligence service said in a statement released on social media.

Russian investigators previously said air defense systems repelled a drone attack on Dzhankoi and debris from the incident damaged a shop and a house and injured one person.

“The targets of all the drones shot down were civilian objects,” the commission of inquiry added in its statement.

Dzhankoi is a logistics hub on the border between Russian-controlled Crimea and southern Ukraine, which came under the control of Russian forces after their invasion last February.

Some Ukrainian frontline soldiers are now using remote-controlled explosive-laden cars known as unmanned ground vehicles to strike Russian targets, according to a video shared on social media over the weekend

“Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade deploys explosives-filled kamikaze UGVs on Russian positions,” tweeted Rob Lee, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Soldiers in the video use a device to control the remote-controlled vehicle before taking cover in the trenches

Oleg Kryuchkov, an adviser to the Russian-installed head of Crimea, said the attack appeared to be “revenge” for the annexation, days after Moscow marked the ninth anniversary of its takeover of the region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea at the weekend, his first visit to the peninsula since troops were deployed to Ukraine on February 24 last year.