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Russian MoD releases video showing May 14 engagement in Zaparozhye
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[RIA Novosti] The Russian Defense Ministry published a video showing the destruction of armored vehicles of two Ukrainian mechanized battalions, which on May 14 tried to launch a counterattack. The video shows footage from a drone that loiters over the countryside. Artillery hits on tanks and infantry fighting vehicles of the Ukrainian troops are shown. You can also observe the results of fire damage - Ukrainian armored vehicles burned to the ground, a tank with a turret torn off after an explosion of ammunition. The Ministry of Defense showed footage of howitzers "Msta-S" in Ukraine "On May 14, Russian servicemen in the Zaporozhye direction stopped an attempted counterattack by Ukrainian armed formations, inflicting damage on nationalists in manpower and armored vehicles. In the area of the village of Vishnevoe, Zaporozhye region, the Kiev regime made an attempt to attack units of the Russian Armed Forces with the forces of two Ukrainian mechanized battalions on tanks and infantry fighting vehicles," — the Ministry of Defense commented on the video. As noted in the department, Russian units destroyed 26 Ukrainian tanks and 12 infantry fighting vehicles, the irretrievable losses of the enemy in manpower amounted to about a hundred militants. The ministry clarified that the advancing of enemy armored vehicles and preparations for the attack were spotted by drones and technical intelligence equipment. Armored vehicles were hit by unmanned aerial vehicles, artillery was operating, and the Russian military also fired oncoming fire from tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Ukrainian troops took to flight. Earlier, the Russian military took control of the entire Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region . Civil-military administrations were formed in the regions. Thus, it was possible to completely cut off Ukraine from the Sea of Azov , as well as connect these territories with the DPR. Posted by: badanov 2022-05-18 |
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