Moment Russian tanks hiding in occupied gardens are obliterated

This is the moment Ukrainian drones destroy fleeing Russian tanks attempting to hide in residents’ gardens.

The drones spotted the tanks driving around the village of Zirkuni before trying to hide in the gardens in the north-eastern Ukrainian region of the Kharkiv Oblast.

One of the tanks was filmed reversing into a tree-covered yard, with a soldier bringing up the rear.

Tank crews got out of their vehicles, standing on top of the tank while talking, seemingly in an attempt to coordinate the hiding.

At one point the drones capture footage of Russian troops on top of their tank. Later footage shows Russian vehicles being obliterated

The Russian tanks went up in smoke after they were spotted by a Ukrainian drone and targeted in the village of Zirkuni

Tank crews got out of their vehicles, standing on top of the tank while talking, in a seeming attempt to co-ordinate the hiding

One of the tanks was filmed reversing into a tree-covered yard, with a soldier bringing up the rear before it is hit

Russian forces were attempting to regain lost positions in the area after giving ground

But the foliage did little to camouflage the Russian tanks. Drone strikes lit up the trees anyway a few moments later, destroying the targets.

Track marks can be seen in Ukrainian back yards as the tanks attempt to protect themselves, but with little effect.

The wreckage is left smoking by roadsides, scorching the green earth around it.

Russian forces were attempting to regain lost positions in the area after giving ground further west to the Ukrainian military.

Putin’s men fired artillery at Ruski Tyshky, Cherkasy Tyshky and Pytomnyk – as well as the village of Zirkuni where the tanks entered.

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s said Monday that Russian forces were repelled when trying to storm Sievierodonetsk, a Ukrainian city in Luhansk.

The city has become the main Russian target in recent days as Moscow tries to encircle Ukrainian forces in the east and fully capture the Luhansk and Donetsk provinces.

Moscow is trying to overrun Sievierodonetsk, cut off a highway south of the city and cross the river further west at Bilohorivka, according to the Luhansk governor.

The full capture of Mariupol last week gives Russia its biggest victory for months. Its forces now control a largely unbroken swathe of the east and south, freeing up more troops to join the main Donbas fight.

Track marks can be seen in the large back yards as the tanks attempt to protect themselves, but with little effect

Putin’s forces fired artillery at Ruski Tyshky, Cherkasy Tyshky and Pytomnyk – as well as the village of Zirkuni where the tanks entered

The wreckage is left smoking by roadsides, scorching the green earth around