Multiple drone videos released by Ukrainian sources shows the destruction of several abandoned Russian tanks. It's unclear what disabled the tanks, but the Ukrainians ensured that the Russians would not be able to recover the vehicles and return them to service with this series of attacks.

The unit responsible for this recording is the 59th Brigade, and the video was filmed near Nevelske which is about 10 kilometers away from Donetsk.

There's always a bit of confusion when we publish these videos. People are often under the impression that the Ukrainian forces can just go recover the vehicles themselves before the Russians do. Unfortunately, that's not always the case as sometimes those vehicles are disable within range of Russian artillery, which means any recovery attempt by them would likely draw enemy fire. As a result, the decision to destroy the vehicles is made to prevent the Russians from recovering them later down the road should the lines shift out of the Ukrainian's favor.

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