Video recorded by a Ukrainian kamikaze drone captures the moment a fireteam-sized unit of Russian troops in the open are hit. There is no battle damage assessment of the scene, but it's clear that the troops were directly impacted by the device.

The only way this group of entirely unprotected Russian troops survived this attack is if the device itself failed to detonate. Outside of that, I see no scenario in which these guys walked away from this entirely intact as a unit.

Unfortunately, the context and location of this video is unknown. We also do not know who the original group was to release this video at this time. Should more information become available on the context of this footage, we'll be sure to update this post.

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