Drones are the weapon of choice in Ukraine in dealing with Russian armor

 Telegraph:

A Ukrainian drone reportedly destroyed Russian armoured vehicles, tanks and anti-aircraft guns worth “tens of millions” of pounds after entering a warehouse close to the front line.

Footage of the strike appeared to show drones armed with explosives entering the building in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region unchallenged through a large uncovered opening.

The first unmanned aerial vehicle could be seen hovering inside the building before smashing into a BMPT “Terminator”, a rare Russian armoured fighting vehicle.

Shortly afterwards, a succession of Ukrainian drones, many with low batteries, swooped into the warehouse, crashing into the parked equipment.

As more drones approached the building, fires could be seen raging inside.
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Wild Hornets, a pro-Ukrainian channel on the Telegram messaging app, said the Ukrainian Bulava strike unit also destroyed two T-72 tanks, two S-60 anti-aircraft guns, a BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle and two off-road trucks loaded with ammunition.

“As a result, the entire hangar completely burned down,” it wrote.
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The Russians do not appear to have an effective defense against the use of drones in this war at this time.  Besides the lack of a defense the drones allow Ukraine to attack Russian positions without putting pilots at risk.  Since Ukraine has  a much smaller population and military, drones make a lot sinse was an attack weapon. 

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