Did a kamikaze drone destroy a radio tower in Russia?

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On Monday, August 15th, several news organizations reported that a "kamikaze drone" destroyed a Russian surveillance tower inside Russia.

I do not believe that this is correct. The only kamikaze drones that have been donated to Ukraine are Switchblade 300 drones, which have warheads that are roughly the size of 40mm grenades. This cannot collapse a steel tower.

Based on the size of the explosion, and comparing to the Ukrainian Switchblade attack on the Troebortnoe crossing in Bryansk Oblast, I can say with confidence that a Switchblade drone did not perform this attack.

You can read more about the Switchblade here:

Switchblade 300:
https://www.avinc.com/tms/switchblade

Switchblade 600:
https://www.avinc.com/tms/switchblade-600

The original footage is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5b6Ir_jVQg

The attack on Troebortnoe crossing is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDhIjPn4UKc