Ukraine destroys Russia’s elite convoy.

Hello, I'm Jana Szrewiński and this is Military Mind. Armed conflicts, defence and security, land, sea and air. We've got you covered. Overnight, on the 21st of July, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with more than 50 drones launched from two locations inside Russia. According to the Ukraine Air Force, attack drone impacts were recorded at seven locations across the country. Russia struck a residential building and a shopping centre in the city of Sumy. A drone hit an apartment building, causing a fire on the first floor. A shopping centre was also struck, triggering a large conflagration. Six people were injured and a rescue vehicle was destroyed. In Kharkiv, a private house was hit during the morning attack, leaving five people injured. In central Kherson, a Russian drone struck a civilian vehicle, killing an employee of the Kherson Regional Administration. Ukraine also reported widespread power outages in five regions following a large-scale Russian attack. Meanwhile, in Russia, a major fire broke out in Lipetsk after an air raid alert. Authorities said the blaze erupted on the territory of industrial facilities. The fire covered an area of approximately 2,500 square metres. No casualties were reported. According to available information, the fire occurred in the industrial area between the city's thermal power plant and the Novolipetsk Steel Plant, Russia's largest steel producer. In the city of Vladimir, just east of Moscow, a Ukrainian drone struck an apartment in a multi-storey residential building. On the front line, open-source intelligence Ukrainian project Deep State reports that Russian forces have advanced east of Drushkivka in the Konstantinivka sector. At the same time, analysts say Russian forces failed to make meaningful gains in and around Konstantinivka over the past week, partly because they were forced to limit the use of generators due to fuel shortages. However, Russian aviation continues to carry out regular guided bomb strikes against Kramatorsk. Analysts also report that Russian troops are now receiving supplies dropped by drones one to two kilometres ahead of their positions. This tactic is intended to avoid revealing Russian positions while encouraging assault groups to continue advancing towards the supply points. Deep State highlights several geo-located videos confirming that Ukrainian troops continue to maintain a presence inside Konstantinivka. According to the latest battlefield maps, Pokrovsk is now almost entirely under Russian control, with only a small contested grey zone remaining on the city's western outskirts. Deep State also reports additional Russian advances near the town of Rodinsky, north of Pokrovsk. A compilation of spectacular intercepts has appeared online, showing Ukrainian FPV drones equipped with remote-controlled shotguns methodically shooting down Russian aircraft mid-air. The use of FPV drones equipped with shotguns is a tactical breakthrough that is undermining Russia's numerical advantage in terms of drones. The Ukrainian sky is becoming an increasingly dense barrier, where a single rule applies to Russian drones. One shot, one kill. These drones certainly like to keep their guns handy for close encounters. Russian occupation forces are forced to set up mobile air defense fire teams on pickup trucks and cargo trucks in an attempt to protect their supply convoys and logistics routes from attacks by Ukrainian drones. However, these drone hunters themselves are increasingly becoming easy targets. Footage of a highly effective strike has surfaced online. A high-speed Ukrainian Hornet kamikaze drone caught up with a vehicle carrying a Russian air defense crew while it was traveling on a highway in the Donetsk region and completely destroyed the vehicle. The fate of the crew remains unknown, but it was clear that at least one man was caught within the blast radius. Now moving on to another story. While grueling positional battles continue along the front lines, a full-blown logistical disaster is unfolding deep within Russian rear areas. Any illusion the Russian forces may have about safety dozens of kilometers from the front are being completely shattered by aerial reconnaissance and strike systems of the Ukrainian defense forces. Ukrainian soldiers from the elite Ronin unit have released footage that shows the masterful destruction of an enemy logistics hub and elite transport vehicles. The specific nature of the targets clearly indicates the geography of the operation. The appearance on logistics routes of Ahmat-type armored vehicles, which are typically used by units of the Russian National Guard and by Kadyrov's forces to transport commanders and special forces personnel, is a sure sign of operations deep behind enemy lines. Now you might be wondering why are we poking fun at the Ahmat units. Well, Kadyrov's forces have a reputation in this war. They've had it pretty much since the very beginning. There were many proclamations from the Chechen leader that his forces are going to turn the tides of the war. He was really showing off those units, ready to march into battle. As it turned out, many of them never reached the front lines, however, and many of them engaged in the practice of recording audacious TikTok videos, showing off their skills while not actually fighting anyone. There were videos of Chechen troops firing at shrubbery or firing from Kalashnikovs, which were basically one soldier holding two Kalashnikovs, one in either hand, which certainly gave him great accuracy. It has to be sure, right? So you might be thinking, okay, so did any of them reach front line positions? Maybe some of them did, but the general consensus is that Chechen troops were mostly about creating an impression of a fighting force, while not actually participating in any fighting. And with this, we're ending this episode of Military Mind. Stay with us here on TVP World for more latest news, updates and commentary.