Footage recorded by Ukrainian soldiers shows a Russian Geran (Shahed) loitering munition flying low overhead towards its target while ground forces successfully fire small arms and air defense munitions, shooting the kamikaze drone down.

It's interesting to see how the air defense teams rely on spotlights to track and illuminate the drone so ground units can engage. It appears some sort of surface to air missile was the munition that made the hit.

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