Ukrainian drones destroy hiding Russian tanks VIDEO

This is the moment Ukrainian troops destroyed Russian tanks after they were spotted trying to hide in residents' gardens.

Drone footage shows the tanks driving around and looking for somewhere to set up position in the village of Zirkuni in the north-eastern Ukrainian region of the Kharkiv Oblast, The Daily Mail reports. 

One of the tanks was filmed reversing into a tree-covered yard, with a soldier bringing up the rear.

At one point, tank crews climbed on top of their vehicle while talking, seemingly trying to coordinate attempts to conceal their position.

But the garden foliage failed to help. Ukrainian strikes soon obliterated the invading tanks, with footage showing them engulfed in flames. 

Track marks can be seen in Ukrainian backyards as the tanks attempted to protect themselves, but with little effect. The wreckage is left smoking by roadsides, scorching the earth around it.

Russian forces were attempting to regain lost positions in the area after giving ground further west to the Ukrainian military.

Putin's men have been firing artillery at Ruski Tyshky, Cherkasy Tyshky and Pytomnyk - as well as the village of Zirkuni where the tanks entered.

President Volodymyr Zelensky's said Monday that Russian forces were repelled when trying to storm Sievierodonetsk, a Ukrainian city in Luhansk.