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There's also this Ukrainian report on the matter but it's in Ukrainian, so I'm sharing the Mastodon post in English.

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[–] Rose@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Its main strength is that Ukraine would probably want to have Kadyrov's personal Cybertruck as a trophy, so they'd be careful not to destroy it.

[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

While that might play a very small part on their strategy I don't think anyone in Ukraine thinks twice before shooting it should the situation really need it. It would make a nice trophy, agreed, but I think the mentality is that if it doesn't burn then nice and even if it does the charred remains are still a trophy and a big PR win via social media.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 8 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I vote for charred remains of the cyber truck being displayed in Kyiv.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

But since Kadyrov might be inside, they might just make sure to save the video of blowing it up with egregious firepower. Even if he's not inside, it's a nice fuck you to all involved.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does a fully charged CyberTruck have enough range to drive from... wherever it is, to say... Kursk?

It would be the funniest thing in a while if Ukraine managed to hack into the Autopilot and tell the thing to drive itself across the frontline to be captured.

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Just because I don't really know the geography there, I thought I'd look it up. Sticker range on the cybertruck is apparently 500km, which (as the crow flies) would get you from Moscow to Kursk, or from Kursk to Kyiv.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Tesla sticker ranges are optimistic. You can achieve them if you drive slowly, but not at highway speed