The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said paratroopers from the 98th Guards Airborne Division based in Ivanovo, Russia, took down soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces located in shelters in Artemovsk, in Ukraine’s city of Bakhmut, on December 26. The ministry said in a statement: ‘Having launched the first person view [FPV] drone, the operator brought it to the targetĀ a dugout with enemy infantry in a strong point north west of Artemovsk near the road to Chasov Yar. A repeated strike by another drone killed several other Ukrainian militants, stated the ministry. It continued: ‘The surviving militants ran out of the dugout and tried to take cover near broken Ukrainian equipment along the road to Chasov Yar. Does Ukraine stand a chance of surviving 2024 in this war ?

