Thermal drone footage shows the moment notable pro Russian mil blogger Mikhail Luchin was killed while accompanying Russian troops on a dismounted patrol.

Luchin appears to be initially wounded by a low-yield explosive, possibly a mortar round or drone-dropped munition. Immediately following that strike, two dual-purpose improved conventional munition (DPICM) rounds blanket the area with high explosive submunitions.

Luchin gained inglorious fame back in April when he raised $25,000 to purchase quadcopter drones for the Russian military, but his Ali Express order was compromised by Ukrainian hackers who changed the order to $25,000 worth of dildos.

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