Some Ukrainian drone operators are slamming thermite-spewing “dragon drones” onto Russian turtle tanks in order to burn through the extra armor with molten incendiary burning as hot as 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Soldiers targeted by thermite have 10 seconds to flee the area before suffering fatal burns, the U.S. Army concluded in a 2000 study.

Soldiers of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, part of the Steel Lions unit, shared footage on Feb. 11 showing a rare Russian Smerch-2 anti-submarine rocket launcher being destroyed by drones in the Lyman sector of the front line in Donetsk Oblast.

In recent days, numerous recordings have emerged depicting attacks by Russian Vandal drones on Ukrainian artillery positioned in hideouts behind the front lines. We explore how this is possible and the challenges it presents.