A Russian UAV team is located by Ukrainian forward observers. A Russian soldier can be seen retrieving his recently-landed drone from the road several meters away from his subterranean hiding spot.

They likely landed the drone in the road for a couple of reasons. The road is smooth and without damaging obstacles that could imperil the drone. Also, Ukrainian radar systems can likely track the drones launch and landing positions, which leads to artillery strikes on those points.

Two Ukrainian FPV loitering munitions are used. The first blows the outer door off the bunker, and the second drone is able to fly down into the hole and detonate. It's unclear from the footage if the strikes were effective in eliminating the drone controllers.

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