UAV event in Kramatorsk area, Ukraine on Sat 22nd August 2026

22nd August 2026

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GeoConfirmed conflictmap UKR.

A civilian on a bicycle was attacked by a Russian FPV drone.

Interesting note:

The footage was deleted from the original Russian telegram...

Maybe bragging about your potential warcrimes is not a good idea...

48.755107, 37.669980

8GWVQM49+2X Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

GeoLocated by @thisisnotdirk

Reported involved units:

2nd Guards Artillery Brigade ▸ 3rd Guards Combined Arms Army ▸ Southern Military District ▸ Russian Ground Forces

Reported involved equipment:

Fiber Optic (FO) FPV (First Person View) OWAD (One Way Attack Drone)

Geolocation:

https://x.com/AndrewPerpetua/status/2091984852031537200

reference for geolocation 1 (1:25-end): https://x.com/AndrewPerpetua/status/2091984987385999490

reference for geolocation 2

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lJ4fJGtpYI4

Location:

https://geoconfirmed.org/ukraine/0c3e9a83-b13a-49a4-86f9-3a403752c6df

Sources:

https://x.com/AndrewPerpetua/status/2091129079051272305

https://x.com/United24media/status/2091253967271465282

https://reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/1vvdvid/ru_pov_ambush_drone_of_the_2nd_artillery_brigade/

source (deleted) https://t.me/shock3OA/8796

Screenshot of deleted original post:

https://x.com/Sumniy_Yar/status/2091476655344689549

Visit our map: https://geoconfirmed.org/map/ukraine

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Ukraine (UKR)

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