Video appears to show Ukraine's new 'Ironclad' drone vehicle machine-gunning a Russian outpost

Published on January 27, 2024

Ironclad combat drone.

  • Video footage appears to show Ukraine's new "Ironclad" combat drone in action.
  • It portrays the vehicle firing its M2 machine gun on a Russian outpost.
  • The video, which was shared by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

Video footage released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense earlier this month appears to show Ukraine's new "Ironclad" combat drone vehicle in action against Russian forces.

The video, which was shared on X, formerly Twitter, bears the insignia of Ukraine's 5th Separate Assault Brigade, and it appears to show the remotely-controlled drone firing its M2 machine gun on a Russian outpost.

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's minister of digital transformation, said in a post on Facebook in September that the drone was being used to "assault enemy positions, conduct reconnaissance and provide fire support to the military."

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