The photos, published by the Ukrainian military, reportedly show the moment when Ukrainian forces discovered and destroyed a Russian self-propelled artillery installation hidden among several trees.
The footage, which appears to have been accelerated, begins with an explosion that takes place in a small village, after which the camera apparently looks for a target. He soon identified an enemy vehicle that was described as a self-propelled artillery installation.
After artillery shells landed near him, Ukrainian forces appeared to open fire. In the end, it seems that one of them hits a direct hit, destroying the enemy unit to pieces.
Ukraine’s Strategic Communications Department said the footage showed that “the 40th Separate Artillery Brigade in the name of the Grand Duke is destroying the occupiers’ self-propelled artillery.” @ 40OAbrigade / Zenger
It is unclear exactly where the images were taken in Ukraine, but footage was taken Wednesday by the 40th Separate Artillery Brigade, officially the 40th Separate Artillery Brigade named after Grand Duke Vytautas, and the Strategic Communications Department of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The 40th Separate Artillery Brigade is usually based in Pervomaisk, a city in the Mykolayiv Oblast region of southern Ukraine.
The Strategic Communications Division (StratCom) said the footage showed that “the 40th Separate Artillery Brigade in the name of the Grand Duke is destroying the occupiers’ self-propelled artillery.”
Self-propelled artillery units are usually mobile military vehicles that look like tanks but have much longer cannons. They often have traces of caterpillars, but are usually involved in operations to support long-range bombing when on the battlefield.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation.” Wednesday marks the 119th day of the invasion.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between February 24 and June 22, Russia lost about 34,230 personnel, 1,496 tanks, 3,614 armored combat vehicles, 752 artillery units, 239 multiple rocket launchers, 99 anti-aircraft systems. defense, 216 military plans. , 182 helicopters, 614 drones, 137 cruise missiles, 14 warships, 2543 motor vehicles and fuel tankers and 60 units of special equipment.
The Ukrainian military says it has carried out air strikes on Snake Island, also known as Snake Island, causing “significant losses” to Russian forces there in an operation it says continues.
Russia conducted an anti-ship missile exercise this week in the Baltic Sea amid escalating tensions with NATO member Lithuania after the latter blocked the transit of goods to Russia’s exclave in Kaliningrad.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow’s response to a ban on Lithuania’s EU-sanctioned transit of goods to Kaliningrad would be not only diplomatic but also practical.
Ukrainian forces say they are successfully thwarting new Russian offensive in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, but Russian forces have seized several villages near Lisichansk and Severodonetsk, with 568 civilians still believed to be sheltered at the Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk. .
Irina Vereshchuk, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and minister for the reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories, called on locals in the Kherson region to evacuate to help Ukrainian forces “deoccupy” the area.
British intelligence says the pro-Russian so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) may have lost about 55 percent of its original strength.
Zelensky said a “historic week” has begun as Kyiv awaits a decision from Brussels on its EU candidate status, with the EU expected to approve the application by the end of the week.
This comes after the European Parliament adopted a resolution on 8 June recommending that the European Union grant Ukraine candidate status. Around 438 MEPs voted in favor of the resolution, with 65 voting against and 94 abstaining.
Speaking to the African Union on Monday, Zelensky also accused Russia of holding Africa hostage due to a shortage of grain and fertilizers.
This story was provided to Newsweek by Zenger News.
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