This footage purportedly shows a Ukrainian Stugna-P ATGM being used to pick off an individual soldier. The missile can be seen on the display doing its characteristic wiggle as it adjusts course and bears down on the running man. The effects are violent and final.

The Stugna-P is a Ukrainian-produced anti-tank system designed to defeat modern armored threats. This system was employed to good effect in the opening months of the war and is a critical platform for countering Russian armor. ATGMs can be employed against bunkers or crew-served weapon emplacements, but targeting a single soldier is substantial overkill and I am unsure why they would make that choice, unless they are running out of tanks to destroy.

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Cam served as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps, deploying to the Horn of Africa and participating in combat operations in Iraq. He currently works in the maritime industry and in the defense sector as an instructor of combined arms planning and operations. An avid sailor, Cam founded and directs a nonprofit that supports veterans and first responders through sailing.