Wagner Group Fighters and Minion Doll Drive Along Dirt Road Trailed by Own Drone
The fate of the Minion doll is unknown.
by Susan Katz Keating
The Russian-owned Wagner Group says it is equipped with electronic warfare capabilities, to include the use of drones. The group uses a new video to showcase a drone in action in an unknown location.
The scenes feature closeups of camouflage netting around the vehicle, and lots of interior shots of the truck, to include a Minion window doll.
The bulk of the video consists of the truck driving down a dirt road, with screen views toggling between inside the cabin and overhead views via the drone.
“Are you ready?” one man says. “Let’s fly.”
The drone is known as the Tumbler, and at one point, a man named Titan says that the signal is blocked.
In one portion, Titan calls over the radio to his comrade, asking, “Viktor, Viktor, are you there?”
Titan tells Viktor to turn on everything.
Viktor apparently answers the transmission, saying that he did.
Viktor hangs his handset from a roll bar inside the truck, and leaves it dangling in front of the outward-facing Minion doll.
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One Tumbler apparently gets snuffed out, the men say, but others keep flying.
The video ends with what appears to be the same truck possibly stuck in the mud. The occupants have exited the cabin. They are not lost, however, because the drone knows where they are – at least, that’s our guess. The fate of the Minion doll is unknown.
Other than being able to film its companion truck as it travels a dirt road, how else has this drone worked with the Musicians?
They’re not saying.
The Wagner Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment.