A jaw-dropping dashcam video is blowing up online, showing the heart-stopping moment a Russian fuel tanker narrowly cheats death at the hands of a Ukrainian attack drone.
The roughly six-second clip, shot from a following vehicle on June 20, captures the tanker barreling down a highway in Russian-occupied southeastern Ukraine, wind turbines spinning in the background, likely near the Prymorska Wind Farm in the Zaporizhzhia or Donetsk region.
Out of nowhere, a small, lethal drone, identified as a U.S.-made Hornet loitering munition, comes streaking straight for the fuel truck.
The tanker driver reacts instantly, swerving hard and kicking up a massive cloud of dust as the rig veers toward the shoulder. The drone zips right past, missing its target by mere feet before slamming into the ground nearby.
No one was hurt in the terrifying near-miss, but the video perfectly captures the nightmare Russian logistics crews are living through right now.
Ukrainian forces have been hammering Russian fuel tankers and supply trucks with cheap, deadly drones across occupied territory. Reports say more than 200 trucks have been hit since May on what’s being called the “road of death,” slashing cargo traffic by a staggering 71% and forcing fuel rationing in places like Crimea.
The Hornet drone is reportedly built specifically to take out fuel tankers, making every Russian convoy a potential sitting duck.
Russian troops have reportedly started rolling with armed escorts and changing routes in a desperate bid to keep fuel flowing to front-line units. But the video shows just how fast and precise these Ukrainian attacks have become.
As the war drags into another summer, these low-cost Ukrainian drones keep proving they can punch way above their weight against Russia’s lumbering supply lines.
