Ukrainian border guards from the Luhansk detachment shot down a Russian DJI Mavic 2 drone that was providing fire adjustment over Bakhmut. They used an AK-74 assault rifle, requiring several magazines to hit one of the UAV's motors.
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Today, border guards from the Luhansk detachment shot down a Russian drone engaged in adjusting fire in the sky over Bakhmut.
They shot down a DJI Mavic 2 with an AK-74 assault rifle, needing several magazines to hit one of the UAV's motors.
This is the third Russian UAV shot down in the last three days.
One of the strikes targeted Sloviansk, Donetsk oblast.
Russian forces made marginal gains in and around Bakhmut; increased tempo of operations around Avdiivka
AFU repelled more than 120 enemy attacks in Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka, and Shakhtarsk directions.
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