Dramatic video footage has emerged of a Russian tank being blown up as it drives straight over Ukrainian mine.
The army vehicle was destroyed by the hidden explosive near Donetsk after going down an empty road.
Images from satellites of Moscow's muscle show Putin is worried about Ukrainian counter strikes after new tanks were sent to Ukraine from Germany and US.
Brady Africk, an intelligence analyst has reported new fortifications in Luhansk, from the border with Russia down to Donetsk and in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
The video footage shows the Russian tank driving directly into a minefield while coming under fire from Ukrainian troops.
Affrick who is employed at American Enterprise Institute, told The Daily Beast: "They're trying to basically consolidate their gains and keep the parts that they've held on to thus far.
"I think it's definitely both a message to soldiers in Ukraine, and to everyone who might be watching, that they're going to at least try and stay."
The Russian armoured vehicle heads down an empty road believed to be near Donetsk as hundreds of shelling craters are seen.
Footage shows one exploding around 20m ahead as the armoured vehicle moves forward.
It disappears behind smoke and drives over a mine triggering another explosion.
Seconds pass and another detonates and a fireball is seen taking over the tank forcing Russian soldiers to flee.
Taken from drone footage it shows four people running from the wreckage into fields filled with craters.
Ukrainian troops were involved in a 'fierce' confrontation with Russian fighters for prowess in the town of Vugledar southwest of Donetsk.
Success was claimed by both sides as weapons hit apartments near from the village of Pavlivka which has become a strategic military prize.
Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-appointed leader of Donetsk region said: "The encirclement and subsequent liberation of this city solves many problems.
Russian news agencies quoted him as saying: "Soon, Vugledar may become a new, very important success for us."
But Kyiv said the town remained contested.
Sergiy Cherevaty, Ukrainian military spokesman told local media: "There is fierce combat there"
He added: "For many months, the military of the Russian Federation... has been trying to achieve significant success there."
The Mirror reported earlier this month on footage which showed the insides of the kindergarten that erupted into flames after a helicopter crashed into it in Ukraine.
Three children perished in the crash with officials expecting the child death toll to rise as they scour the crash site for victims and survivors.
Among the adults killed were parents taking their youngsters to school.
Ukraine's Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevhen Yenin, and State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yurii Lubkovych were among those inside the helicopter when it plummeted into the nursery in Brovary, a town to the east of Kyiv.
At least 18 people died in the tragedy, with another 29 injured, including 15 kids.
