While the Russian tank costs about one million dollars, the drones used by the Ukrainian defense forces only cost about $400, according to a photo report by the Wall Street Journal.

Military analysts say that since the beginning of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, there has been a significant increase in Ukraine's use of suicide drones to carry out attacks on Russian military tanks and trucks transporting ammunition to the battlefields.

According to the report, the Ukrainian forces seek, through the use of stray weapons, to make the army less dependent on weapons coming from Western countries and to operate at a lower cost.

The details of the forays

In the report, you can see several video clips of drone strikes attacking Russian vehicles, while details on the implementation of these attacks appear, based on information provided by analysts from Janes Intelligence to explain how these drones work.

It turned out that the accuracy in attacking those small aircraft was behind these encouraging results.

Suicide drones approach a target within the field in a way that they cannot be detected until they reach the target, then attack suddenly.

To carry out such an attack, the drone operators work in several teams, identifying targets and safe routes to the attack sites.

The mission of the attack team usually includes a pilot to reach the attack site and two drone operators, one for gathering intelligence and the other for the attack.

The report states that the optimal flight distance for the missions is about one kilometer to two miles from the target, but missiles can also be fired from it up to seven miles from the target.

One way to evade detection is to use lower-quality cameras, as the signals these cameras send are less likely to be jammed or detected by Russian electronic systems.

Before launch, the operators attach explosives to the suicide drone with duct tape while the person responsible for operating the drone wears a headset to control the drone remotely.

After launch, the patrol drone searches for the target, then another operator fires the missile at the target.

In the newspaper's report, you can see photos from the Zaporozhye region near the city of Orikiv, where a truck carrying ammunition for the Russian forces was attacked by a suicide drone.

The scenes depict how the attack drone followed the truck before turning around and crashing into it, and the same strategy is used when attacking tanks.

In another scene, a kamikaze UAV hits a Russian truck that has laid mines. Attacking these trucks is key, as the minefields have been a major obstacle in Ukraine's counter-attack as it seeks to retake territory it has seized.