Long-range Altius reconnaissance and strike drone in flight.
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THIS is the humiliating moment a hulking six-tonne Putin drone “guided by AI” crash landed on a Russian house during a test mission.

The Altius unmanned plane with a giant 94ft wingspan hit and destroyed a home on the outskirts of Kazan, southwest Russia after suffering a “navigation failure”.

Long-range Altius reconnaissance and strike drone in flight.

A long-range Altius reconnaissance and strike droneCredit: East2West
AI-guided drone crash site with fire and debris.

The drone crashed into a Russian houseCredit: East2West
Burning wreckage of a 6-ton drone after a crash landing.

The device suffered from a ‘navigation’ failureCredit: East2West

The reconnaissance drone – with a range of 6,200 mile range – was on a test flight for possible use in Ukraine.

But it all went wrong when the AI system navigating the plane reportedly stopped working and the drone landed on a Russian civilian home instead.

Miraculously, no-one was hurt.

Terrifying footage shows the device travelling overhead before panning to the burning home.

Giant flames are pictured engulfing the scorched residence as locals watch with horror.

Billowing black smoke fills the air as charred debris and rubble covers the ground and surrounding trees.

Residents escaped injury as the long-range UAV smashed into their house, and then scrambled to put out the fire before the emergency services arrived.

Developers blamed “unidentified electronic warfare equipment” for the navigation failure which occurred just under a mile away from Kazan Gorbunov Aircraft Plant.

The drone can hold a precision-guided bomb or missile payload.

An eyewitness said: “At first, we didn’t even think it was a plane.

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“But when we saw the wing, we understood everything.”

This type of monster drone has been in service with the Russian military since 2021 but there is no record of it so far being deployed in the war in Ukraine.

The failed drone attack comes as Russia increases its blitz on Ukraine, hammering the country with 1,000 drones and missiles every day.

Yesterday, was the second massive assault in the four days since Trump’s call with Putin, and represents a brazen defiance of the President’s peace agenda.

Moscow’s firepower capacity is constantly increasing and his forces have regularly broken the record for the largest daily volley of weapons in recent weeks.

On June 1, a 479-strong wave of drones and missiles became Russia‘s largest unmanned aerial assault of the war.

June 9 saw that broken with 499, then again on June 29 with 537.

And finally, just last Friday, Putin terrorised Kyiv with a firestorm of 550 drones and missiles – just as he and Trump finished a phone call.

Russia’s defence industry is ballooning as projects come to fruition – such as an expanded missile plant in Votkinsk and rapidly expanding supply chains.

With an expanding arsenal, the size of Russia’s regular salvos look set only to increase – meaning they could soon nudge 1000 weapons per day.

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