Russia’s new ’turtle tank’ covered in armour and drone defences leads assault on Krasnohrivka

A new Russian ‘turtle tank’ covered in armour plating and with drone jamming equipment on its roof was spotted leading an armoured attack on the town of Kasnohorivka. The bizarre vehicle, also dubbed the Blyat-mobile by Ukrainians, was driven by troops of the 5th Motorised Rifle Brigade which is operating near Donetsk city. Russia has previously used tanks covered in armour plating and tanks with huge drone jammers on them, but has now combined the ‘technology’. Though rudimentary, the tank did appear effective in battle - shrugging off hits from Ukrainian cluster munitions and apparently evading drones during the assault. Yet more footage captures another assault by yet more unconventional armoured vehicles in the same area, which are all covered by some form of armour plating. The lead tank also appears equipped with a mine plough to break through Ukrainian minefields. Russia has begun experimenting with unconventional tanks after a huge number of its regular vehicles were destroyed in attacks on cities lik