This footage shows how Ukrainian air reconnaissance units and ground units worked together to destroy a number of Russian military vehicles and ammunition.
Zenger News obtained the footage from the Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynskyi 36th Separate Marine Brigade, a marine brigade of the Naval Infantry of the Ukrainian Navy, on August 25.
The footage shows Russian military vehicles-one clearly daubed with a white ‘Z’-hidden among foliage. It is interspersed with Ukrainian military vehicles on the move and Russian military targets smoldering after allegedly being destroyed in Ukrainian strikes.
The 36th Separate Marine Brigade said: “While the Russian command continues to fantasize about its successes in the southern direction, the marines of the Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynskyi 36th Separate Marine Brigade make their own corrections to the enemy’s ‘everything is going according to plan’.
“The other day, thanks to the fruitful cooperation of the air reconnaissance and artillery of the brigade, the enemy lost several fuel trucks, several BMPs and ammunition, which were destroyed by accurate shots by self-propelled guns. The demilitarization of the enemy army continues.”
The BMP is a series of infantry fighting vehicles initially developed in the 1960s in the Soviet Union.
Zenger News contacted the 36th Separate Marine Brigade for further comment, as well as the Russian Ministry of Defense, but had not received a reply at the time of writing.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin is calling a “special military operation”. Thursday marks the 183rd day of the war.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between February 24 and August 25, Russia had lost about 45,850 personnel, 1,929 tanks, 4,245 armored combat vehicles, 1,037 artillery units, 272 multiple launch rocket systems, 148 air defense systems, 234 warplanes, 202 helicopters, 828 drones, 196 cruise missiles, 15 warships, 3,160 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 99 units of special equipment.
A Russian rocket strike on a train station in the town of Chaplyne in eastern Ukraine on August 24 killed 25 people, Ukrainian officials have said. Two boys aged six and 11 are among the dead while 31 people were wounded in the attack, which took place on Ukraine’s Independence Day, said officials.
The World Health Organization has reported 473 verified attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began, killing nearly 100.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on August 24, said: “Ukraine can and will win this war.”
The outgoing PM promised Kyiv a $63-million military package that will include 200 drones and loitering munitions. U.S. President Joe Biden has also announced nearly $3 billion in new military aid to Ukraine.
The U.K. imported no fuel from Russia in June for the first time since records began 25 years ago. Official data are showing a 97 percent fall in imports of Russian goods largely driven by sanctions on Moscow in response to the invasion.
Ukrainian officials rejected a message of congratulations from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Ukraine’s Independence Day. On his website, the authoritarian leader wished Ukrainians “peaceful skies, tolerance, courage, strength and success in restoring a decent life”.
President Lukashenko permitted Russian forces to stage part of the invasion of Ukraine from Belarusian territory in February.
