A Russian Infantry Squad Scurried Into A Bunker. But A Ukrainian Drone Was Watching. And A Bomb-Laden Ukrainian MiG-29 Was On Its Way.
Two French-made Hammer glide bombs blasted the underpass shelter.
David Axe | Feb 10, 2025 | 03:40pm ESTThere’s no use hiding from enemy drones if the drones watch you scurry into your hiding spot. On or just before Monday, a squad of around a dozen Russian infantry marched into a road underpass they’d transformed into an underground base in Oleshky, in southern Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast.
The underpass base with its concrete roof and earthen walls might’ve sheltered the Russians from the Ukrainian drones that are everywhere all the time all along the 800-mile front line of Russia’s three-year wider war on Ukraine. The problem for the Russians was that a drone was watching as the troops sought shelter. The individual Russians, each radiating 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit of natural heat, stood out on the drones’ infrared sensor.
Shortly after the squad marched into its base, a Ukrainian air force Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter from the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade lobbed two French-made Hammer glide bombs at the underpass. Both bombs nailed the entrance with precision measured in feet.
It’s unclear exactly how many Russians were still inside the improvised bunker at the moment of impact. It’s equally unclear how many may have survived. But it’s worth pondering what the blast waves from two 550-pound bombs would do . . .
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