Battlefield drone footage is being used by a Ukrainian military unit not only to document strikes but also to intimidate Russian troops and strengthen confidence at home. According to The Guardian, the recordings come from Robert Brovdi’s 414th aviation strike brigade.

KYIV, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russia of committing a war crime after a video was released showing a drone chasing down and wounding a vegetable seller in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.

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Drone footage appears to show several bridges burning and suffering visible structural damage.

The strike hit Kryvyi Rih, a major industrial city in central Ukraine and Zelenskyy's hometown, which has repeatedly come under Russian bombardment since the war began.

The commander leading Ukraine’s drone war says his country’s recent strikes in Crimea are the first phase of a campaign aimed at rendering the peninsula — illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 — unusable as a staging ground for Russian forces.

The strike on Omsk, about 1,700 miles away, is Ukraine's longest-range attack on Russia since the war began.

Once the realm of hobbyists, drones are flying into battlefields and restaurant kitchens. Ukrainian and Iranian drones have redefined the 21st-century battlefield – inexpensive and deadly vehicles that reliably find their targets (and sometimes film them) and let the notional little guy hold off a military Goliath.