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Russian Fibre Optic FPV Drone attacks a net protecting a Ukrainian D-20 with an unexploded Fibre Optic Drone laying on top of the netting. Note these are Fibre Optic drones and not Vandal drones. At one point all of Russia's fibre optically controlled drones were vandals, but now it seems that Vandal is being phased out.

Russian Fibre Optic FPV Drone attacks a net protecting a Ukrainian D-20 with an unexploded Fibre Optic Drone laying on top of the netting. Note these are Fibre Optic drones and not Vandal drones. At one point all of Russia's fibre optically controlled drones were vandals, but now it seems that Vandal is being phased out.

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The second most dangerous woman in Europe, not because of her capabilities and skills, but because of her idiocy. "It also sends a clear signal to Russia that Ukraine is more important to us than it is to them" What a lethal fool she is.

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