Footage showing the Russian "Zemledeliye" remote minelaying system—operated by the 40th Engineer-Sapper Regiment of the "Center" Group of Forces—in action in Ukraine. The video captures remote minelaying operations in the Dobropolye sector. The mining operation successfully disrupted the rotation of AFU units and the delivery of ammunition.
Footage shows a strike by a Russian 152mm 2A65 "Msta-B" towed howitzer on a Ukrainian drone launch site. Ukrainian drone operators had set up in an abandoned building near Mykolaivka; one of the operators is visible in the video. The "Msta-B" howitzer strikes destroyed the Ukrainian drone launch site. Serial production of the "Msta-B" howitzer began in the USSR in 1987.
A Russian counter-UAV battalion operating the "Lis" interceptor drone intercepted a rare Portuguese-made Tekever AR3 drone used by Ukraine. The Tekever AR3 reconnaissance UAV weighs 25 kg and has a payload capacity of 4 kg. It has a top speed of 90 km/h, a flight range of up to 1,000 km, and an operational communication range of up to 100 km. The Tekever AR3 was not shot down immediately; it had been circling at an altitude of approximately 2.5 kilometers. The interception took half an hour, and the wreckage is shown at the end of the video.
Russian oil refining fell in July to its lowest level in more than two decades as Ukrainian drone attacks intensified against refineries, tankers and other energy infrastructure, Bloomberg reported Monday.