Ukrainian drone operators eliminated a Russian soldier on horseback and forced another to flee after a strike near the frontline, according to Ukraine’s 92nd Assault Brigade. The shared videos showed two Russian soldiers using horses for movement during an attempted assault.
Ukrainian FPV drone hits Russian rider
Ukraine’s 92nd Separate Assault Brigade named after Ivan Sirko published a video showing a Russian soldier riding a horse being struck by an FPV drone. The brigade stated that Russian forces are “losing equipment so quickly during their ‘meat assaults’” that they now use horses to move — but “even that doesn’t help,” as drone operators from the brigade’s 5th Assault Battalion “eliminate the enemy as soon as they see a target.”
Militarnyi noted that FPV drone operators from the 5th Assault Battalion neutralized two Russian soldiers moving on horseback. The video, published on the brigade’s social media, showed the drone hitting one Russian soldier while riding, who was likely killed together with the horse. Militarnyi said the second rider tried to flee but fell when the horse stumbled.
An extended version of the video, posted by journalist Yuliia Kyriienko, showed the second soldier getting up and running. She said the video was sent to her by drone pilots from the Defense Forces, and the location was unknown. Kyriienko confirmed that the footage was not AI-generated and said that Russian troops are using horses in attacks on Ukrainian positions. She added that she felt very sorry for the animals and wrote that it was good that one horse “responded and threw off the foul load in the form of an enemy soldier.”
Sources did not report where the strike took place. It most probably occurred in Donetsk Oblast, where Russian assaults have been especially intense.
Russian commander trains horse-mounted groups
Previously, the commander of the Storm unit within Russia’s 9th Brigade of the 51st Army, callsign Khan, began training horse-mounted assault groups for front-line use. He said the idea to revive cavalry, which the Soviet army disbanded in 1955, is not “a return to the past” and allegedly has certain advantages.
