Russia Ran a Dusk Supply Run on Pokrovsk — Thermal Drones Made It a BIG MISTAKE

FPV thermal drones flipped Russia's dusk window into a kill zone on the Pokrovsk axis — three trucks and a fuel bowser gone in under ten minutes. Understand exactly how Ukrainian crews read the thermal signature, timed the strike, and turned a week-long Russian pattern into a $1.2M lesson in drone doctrine. Spring 2026, Pokrovsk front, ~600 meters of open field track — thermal FPV drones, logistics ambush, asymmetric cost warfare. Seven runs looked safe. The eighth cost Russia everything. This is the story of how the conditions you trust to hide you become the ones that expose you — and what every future logistics officer now has to reckon with. #Ukraine #Russia #FPVdrone #ThermalDrone #Pokrovsk #DroneWarfare #UkraineWar #Logistics #Frontline #DroneStrike 0:00 The Ambush Setup 0:27 Pattern Becomes Doctrine 1:21 The Pokrovsk Logistics Problem 2:48 Timing as Camouflage 5:07 Thermal FPV Technology 6:33 Physics of the Trap 7:35 Cost Ratio Breakdown 9:52 The Eighth Run 11:17 Strike Sequence Execution 14:29 Downstream Tactical Impact 17:36 Layered Pressure System 19:57 Doctrinal Lessons