Drone footage shows a Russian ground assault quickly turn into a panicked retreat as the Russian infantrymen sustain casualties. As the Russians attempt to withdraw from the area, they are cut down by small arms fire and drone dropped grenades.

The defending Ukrainian unit was Azov's 3rd Assault Brigade, suggesting this skirmish occurred somewhere on the Bakhmut front in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

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