Shot down in the middle of the night: National Guard drone destroys Grad MLRS of the Russian Armed Forces in Kherson region (video)
A Russian Grad rocket launcher managed to fire at Ukrainian positions, the video shows. However, after that she was “punished” by an FPV drone of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
In Kherson region, operators of FPV drones of the 11th National Guard Brigade tracked down a Russian Grad system that was firing at Ukrainian territory. The shelling took place at night, and it was at night that the drone approached the MLRS and blew it up. Ukrainian volunteer Serhiy Sternenko spoke about the attack on the Grad MLRS of the Russian Armed Forces.
Sternenko said that the drone was operated by the operator of the Samosud crew of the Lastivka UAV unit of the 11th Brigade of the National Guard. The strike was carried out at night, as the Russian military began to fear attacks by FPV drones, so they stopped operating during the day.
The video shows a Russian Grad MLRS standing in the middle of a field and firing toward Ukrainian positions. The installation managed to fire more than 24 missiles while a Ukrainian drone was on its way. Meanwhile, the device circled the Russian positions and finally hit the device.
The situation in Kherson region – details
It should be noted that the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of the morning of October 31 states that Russian troops are conducting massive strikes on the territory of the right bank of the Kherson region. Aviation threatened Novoberislav, Zmiivka, Kozatske, Ivanivka, Beryslav, Mykolaivka, Antonivka, Tyahyntsi, the report says. Over the last day, the enemy fired at 110 localities near the entire frontline – from Kharkiv to Kherson regions.
On the afternoon of October 31, Russians shelled the center of Kherson twice, local authorities reported. In particular, about 10 hours. Dniprovsky district came under attack, resulting in the death of a man who burned to death in his car. Around 11 o’clock. another attack took place, possibly with a ballistic missile fired from Crimea. One citizen was injured and about a dozen cars were damaged.
Meanwhile, Austrian military expert Tom Cooper is confident that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have enough forces to open a second front in Kherson region. He also describes the situation on the left bank: the Defense Forces have expanded their foothold, which already covers an area of more than 250 square meters. km.