Ukraine Blows Up 10 Russian Armored Vehicles And Tanks In Single Donetsk Strike

Five Russian tanks, including a T-90, and five infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed in a single drone and artillery strike by Ukraine's 63rd Mechanized Brigade and other units near Terni in Donetsk Oblast. 

Nice shooting. JL 

Gabe Whisnant reports in Newsweek:

The Ukrainian military destroyed 10 Russian military vehicles in a single strike. The effort occurred near Terni in the Donetsk region by the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade with the assistance of attached units from the 60th Brigade. Five Russian BMP-1s, an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, along with five tanks, were burned in the strike. The 63rd Brigade said that at least one vehicle was a Russian T-90M battle tank. "As a result of incredibly accurate artillery shots and drone attacks, five tanks and five infantry fighting vehicles were burned."

A video posted Monday on social media shows the Ukrainian military destroying 10 Russian military vehicles in a single strike.

The video was posted by the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade on Telegram. Reportedly, five Russian BMP-1s, an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, along with five tanks, were burned in the strike. The 63rd Brigade said that at least one vehicle was a Russian T-90M battle tank.

 

The Ukrainian defense effort reportedly occurred near Terni in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. The 63rd Brigade said it destroyed the vehicles "with the help of artillery and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drops."

Military investigators work on the site of the damaged building housing the Paradise restaurant following a strike in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on May 11 amid ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war. A video posted on May 13 on...  AFP/GETTY IMAGES

"The 63rd Brigade has destroyed ten units of Russian equipment at once with the assistance of attached units and brothers-in-arms from the 60th Brigade," the post on Telegram read as translated by the Ukranian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda. "As a result of incredibly accurate artillery shots and drone attacks, five tanks and five infantry fighting vehicles that tried to assault our positions were burned."

Newsweek reached out to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and the Kremlin via email Monday afternoon for comment.

 

On Monday, figures published by Ukraine's military reported the largest daily Russian casualty rate since the start of the war, recording more than 1,700 casualties in the previous 24 hours. By Kyiv's count, Russia also lost more than 30 tanks and 42 armored vehicles in the past day. Newsweek could not independently verify these figures.

 

Ukraine, which also suffered heavy losses, rarely offers updates on its casualty toll. In late February, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 31,000 Ukrainian troops had been killed in two years of war. Russia Ukraine's tally of Russian losses often spikes during drawn-out or fierce battles for key settlements, such as fighting for the Donetsk cities of Bakhmut and Avdiivka.

The bulk of Moscow's efforts in recent months have focused on the east of the country, but on Friday, Ukraine said Russia had launched a new push on northeastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region.