Ukrainian drone brigade claims to have stopped 40-mile column of Russian tanks

Footage posted on social media by the Ukrainian air reconnaissance unit, Aerorozvidka, purports to show its attacks on a 40-mile long column of Russian armoured vehicles outside Kyiv.
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The unit's commander, Lt Col Yaroslav Honchar, said the small team of 30 drone operators and special forces was able to halt the column's advance in a series of night ambushes.

Not all the details of these claims could be independently verified, but US defence officials have said that Ukrainian attacks contributed to the halting of the armoured column. The amount of aerial combat footage published by Ukrainian forces underlines the importance of drones to their resistance

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