Footage reportedly shows a drone operated by Russian VDV paratroopers dropping an improvised grenade munition onto a fire team of Ukrainian troops near a trench. The Ukrainians appear to have been in the process of preparing a wounded comrade for extraction, and one of the soldier can be seen shooting up toward the drone.

While drone dropped munitions are a common tactic across the Ukrainian battlefield, we have seen very few videos of the Russian VDV using the technique.

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