The Ukrainian Air Force claims to have struck two drones at Russian targets using Turkish-made drones.
This was announced by the Chief of the Air Force of Ukraine Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk Facebook the type used are Bayraktar TB2 drones, describing them as “life-giving” in a Facebook post.
The video was published on Twitter the Ukrainian embassy depicts a Russian convoy of more than a dozen vehicles scattered in pieces engulfed by a huge orb of fire.
The footage is said to have been taken near the town of Malin, about 60 miles northwest of Kiev.
Ukraine’s air force says it has carried out successful drone attacks on Russian forces
An image taken by a Turkish drone shows an alleged convoy of Russian trucks driving
Seconds later, the entire group was smashed to pieces after being hit by a drone
Ukrainian servicemen push a Bayraktar TB2 drone or unmanned aerial vehicle (UCAV), photo file from June 2021
The Air Force says one of the strikes took place in the southern Ukrainian town of Chernobaevka.
The area has been at the center of intense fighting over the past few days.
“Never a rose without a thorn,” the embassy wrote in a tweet. “The Russian invaders must come to terms with the Bayraktar TB2.”
On Saturday, Ukrainian forces released another video of a drone showing another Russian convoy hit by a drone, this time in the southern city of Kherson.
The first shipments of Turkish drones began arriving in Ukraine in 2019. Wall Street Journal.
The TB2 can stay in the air for 25 hours at an altitude of 25,000 feet, and the pilot can control it for several hundred miles.
In a second video released on Saturday, Russian tanks can be seen near the southern Ukrainian city of Chernobaevka.
It can be seen that the drone’s camera is aimed at a tank before a rocket is launched
Soldiers can be seen walking towards tanks while a Turkish drone flies overhead
For a moment, the convoy was scattered to pieces, as seen in footage recorded by the drone
The explosion from the rocket can be seen emanating outside at an astonishing speed
Ukrainian forces managed to stop the Russian offensive in the capital by blowing up bridges in the city to prevent an offensive by Moscow troops.
Russian forces were killed Sunday afternoon in Bucha, near Gostomel Air Base in northwestern Kiev, after falling into a trap when the Irpin bridge to the city was destroyed.
Footage published online allegedly shows the dire consequences of what military experts said was probably a drone strike on a column of Russian airborne forces, with parts of vehicles scattered on the road in a distorted, fire pile.
Earlier on Sunday, Ukrainian servicemen were filmed wandering downtown Kiev to impose a 39-hour curfew to keep people away from the streets.
Mayor Klitschko said Russian troops had failed to enter the city despite the bombing.
Russian tank burns in the Ukrainian city of Sumy, in northeastern Ukraine, pictured Sunday
Ukraine’s defense ministry said on Sunday it had killed more than 4,300 Russian soldiers in the first three days of fighting. Russia has not released up-to-date information on its military losses. In the photo: A fighter from the Ukrainian Territorial Defense examines a destroyed Russian infantry mobile vehicle GAZ Tiger after a fight in Kharkiv on Sunday
Russian forces entered Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, on Sunday
He also warned those outside after 5 pm and would be considered part of “enemy sabotage and intelligence groups” before 8 am – he later said there were no Russian troops in the city.
But he said at least nine civilians had been “lost or killed” in the capital, including one child, since the invasion.
Satellite images taken Sunday also show a large deployment of Russian ground forces moving toward the Ukrainian capital Kiev from approximately 40 miles away, a private US company said.
Images published by Maxar Technologies show a deployment of hundreds of military vehicles spanning more than 3 miles.
The company has been tracking the build-up of Russian forces for weeks. The latest photos cannot be checked independently.
Satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows Russian ground forces in a convoy near Ivankov, Ukraine
This satellite image of Maxar shows a column of Russian military vehicles moving towards Kiev, on the road P-02-02 (Shevchenko Road) on the outskirts of Ivankov
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine announced on Sunday that 352 civilians, including 14 children, have been killed since the beginning of the Russian invasion. It also says 1,684 people, including 116 children, have been injured
This was the day when the expected attack on Kiev did not take place again and the Ukrainians claimed to have driven Russian forces out of the country’s second city, Kharkiv.
Oleh Sinekhubov, head of the Kharkiv regional administration, said today that Ukrainian troops had managed to retake the city. In a Telegram post, he said: “Control over Kharkov is entirely ours!
“The armed forces, the national police and the defense forces are working and the city is completely cleansed of the enemy.”
Kharkov’s defense came after Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said today that Ukrainian troops had killed or wounded more than 4,300 Russian soldiers in the first three days of fighting. Russia has not released up-to-date information on its military losses.
After a grueling night of Russian attacks on the outskirts of the city on Sunday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko was silent for a few seconds when asked if there were any plans to evacuate civilians if Russian troops managed to take Kiev
Charred military vehicles and wreckage are seen in Bucha, Ukraine, on Sunday