An acrid smell hangs over the town of Rodynske. A couple of minutes after we drive into the city we see where it’s coming from.
A 250kg glide bomb has ripped through the town’s main administrative building, and taken down three residential blocks. We’re visiting a day after the bomb struck, but parts of the wreckage are still smoking. From the edges of the town we hear the sound of artillery fire, and of gunshots – Ukrainian soldiers shooting down drones.
Rodynske is about 15km (9 miles) north of the embattled city of Pokrovsk. Russia has been trying to capture it from the south since the autumn of last year, but Ukrainian forces have so far managed to stop Russian soldiers from marching in.
Fiber optic drones are future in the drone warfare. Cable attach for signal and the anti-drone equipment doesn’t work on them. Only the good all shotgun works on everything, even on optic drones. pic.twitter.com/HU0Yc0huLY
— Tuth (@TUTHorchestra) January 14, 2025
