Jul 26, 2025

Kremlin Motorcycling Mil-Blogger Taken Out By Ukrainian Drone

A popular Kremlin 'correspondent' who was traveling a little too close to the front in pursuit of a story, ended up becoming the story himself after a Ukrainian drone saw his motorcycle and attacked it. 

Russian forces have retrieved the destroyed motorbike and the reporter/milblogger's personal effects, but his body has not yet been identified. JL

Taras Safronov reports in Miitarnyi:

Russian propagandist Andrey Filatov, a military correspondent who worked for the pro-Kremlin news agency, Russia Today, was being hunted by a Ukrainian FPV drone and has disappeared in the Donetsk region. The motorcycle on which Filatov was traveling alone was attacked by an FPV drone near Pokrovsk. The Russians later found the propagandist’s motorcycle and personal belongings. Filatov was traveling to the area of responsibility of Ukraine's 414th Unmanned Strike Aviation Brigade (aka, the Birds of Magyar).

Russian propagandist Andrey Filatov, who was being hunted by a Ukrainian FPV drone, has disappeared in the Donetsk region.

According to the Russian media, the motorcycle on which Filatov was traveling alone was attacked by an FPV drone near Pokrovsk.


Russian military correspondent Andrey Filatov worked for the pro-Kremlin news agency Russia Today.

It is also reported that the attack took place in the morning of Friday, July 25.

The Russians later found the propagandist’s motorcycle and personal belongings. Filatov still does not get in touch.

Russian propagandist Andrey Filatov escapes from an FPV drone in the Pokrovsk sector. Footage from his camera on a motorcycle

The camera that recorded how Filatov was being hunted by the Ukrainian drone was also taken from the site.

According to Ukrainian journalist and soldier Yurii Butusov, Filatov was moving to the area of responsibility of the 414th Unmanned Strike Aviation Brigade (formed on the basis of Birds of Magyars). It is likely that they hit the propagandist. At the same time, no one has confirmed Filatov’s elimination

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