Ukrainian engineers repair a Vampire hexacopter, one of the most commonly used drones for bombing missions.
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An elite Ukrainian drone unit said on Tuesday that it had used a new anti-howitzer munition to destroy over 170 pieces of Russian artillery within two days.The Lasar Group, part of the National Guard of Ukraine, said in a statement that the special operation in early June involved over 800 drones deployed along the war's eastern and southern fronts."As a result, 231 enemy artillery pieces were hit, 171 of them destroyed. This is equivalent to roughly 10 to 14 artillery battalions, or about three artillery brigades," the group wrote.It published multiple clips of overhead drone footage that appear to show fortified, camouflaged howitzer and gun positions coming under attack.Several of the clips show quadcopters that appear to act as bombers flying above the gun barrels before the positions are engulfed in explosions.Business Insider could not independently verify when and where the footage was shot.The Lasar Group said the missions were planned by its analysts who worked with several other units to sift through large tranches of intelligence collected on the gun locations.
