Video footage showed a Yak-52 co-pilot sat in the backseat of the plane before aiming his assault rifle and shooting at the Shahed drones.
This comes after new intelligence suggests Putin is plotting a massive autumn offensive, having recruited more Russian men to fight, in an attempt to reverse setbacks.
After firing his rifle in one clip, a thin trail of smoke began to rise from the drones right wing, before the pilot flew closer and it exploded above the sea as it engulfed in flames.
The backseat gunner also recorded shooting down enemy drones which burst into flames, detonated after crashing into a field and fell through the clouds.
The Shahed drones are Iran’s biggest contribution to Vladimir Putin’s war which are adapted by Russian forces and used to strike Ukraine.
Footage was released after Russia was hit by a new wave of long-range strikes by the Ukrainian military, including a hit on a key nuclear missile base.
The ‘military barracks’ in the Saratov region was engulfed in flames following a missile and drone alert today.
Engels-2 base is home to Putin’s prized strategic nuclear bombers which have been repeatedly used in KH-101 missile strikes on Ukraine.
