Recently released security drone footage shows the Ukrainian army destroying several Russian armored vehicles and a command center as the war reaches its 18th day.
The first video, posted online on Sunday morning, shows rockets firing at three armored vehicles in the city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine.
Aerial footage shared by several unverified sources shows that an BTR-82 and a KamAZ-63968 Typhoon vehicle were successfully attacked. When the strike took place is not specified.
Recently released security drone footage shows the Ukrainian army destroying several Russian armored vehicles in Mariupol (pictured) and a command post in Vasylivka.
The footage was posted online by unverified accounts and showed wrecked armored vehicles.
In the picture: clouds of thick gray smoke rose into the sky after the drone hit.
BTR-82A is a modern wheeled armored personnel carrier (APC) with an 8×8 wheel formula, which is produced in Russia for use in the armies of Russia and Kazakhstan.
A second video was also posted online on Sunday showing a drone strike on a Russian command center in southern Ukraine.
The footage was released by the Ukrainian army, which said it showed a Russian command and control center being destroyed by a Bayraktar drone near Vasylivka in the Mykolaiv region.
It is not known whether there were losses as a result of both attacks on Russian troops and how many.
It comes after Russia stepped up its attacks in western Ukraine on Sunday, launching a deadly airstrike on a military base where Ukrainian troops trained alongside NATO forces, bringing the conflict closer to Poland and prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to renew his calls for a no-fly zone. .
Zelenskiy called Sunday a “black day” and said no action at the military base threatened Russian territory.
Explosions were heard on the outskirts of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv after Russian troops launched an attack on a military base just 19 miles from the Polish border, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens.
A video provided by the Ukrainian army shows a Russian command post hit by missiles.
Pictured: Footage taken by a military drone shows the building on fire.
Pictured: Drone strike footage occurred near Vasilyevka in the Mykolaiv region
According to Ukrainian sources, Vladimir Putin’s forces launched a missile attack on the International Peace and Security Center, also known as the Yavoriv Military Complex, shortly before 6 am this morning.
Initial reports suggested that eight missiles were fired at the base, but regional governor Maxim Kozitsky later confirmed that 30 cruise missiles were fired, killing 35 people and injuring 134.
An American journalist was also killed Sunday and another wounded when their car was fired upon by Russian troops near Kiev.
Meanwhile, ongoing fighting in several regions has caused further suffering throughout Ukraine and provoked international outrage.
For the third week now, the war has forced more than 2.5 million people to leave Ukraine. Thousands of civilians and soldiers were killed.
Meanwhile, the death toll in the strategic southern port city of Mariupol, which has endured acute hardship amid a prolonged siege, has topped 2,000, local officials said.
The International Peace and Security Center in Yavoriv is on fire after it was hit by a Russian missile strike early Sunday morning, killing 35 people and injuring 134 others.
Rocket strikes have destroyed buildings at the military base, and footage from the shelling shows parts of entire buildings destroyed.
This photo reportedly shows damage at the Yavoriv test site, which was attacked by Russia.
Efforts continued to help Mariupol, which aid agencies say is facing a humanitarian disaster.
A humanitarian convoy heading there was forced to turn back again Sunday, a city official said, after the Russians “failed to cease fire.”
A total of 2,187 residents died in the days of relentless Russian bombing, the city council said on Sunday.
“The enemy is holding the city hostage, committing real acts of genocide,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said.
Zelensky has accused Moscow of both blocking and attacking humanitarian convoys, although he said on Sunday that another 125,000 people were evacuated in this way across Ukraine.
“The Russians are bombing the city even during official negotiations,” Defense Minister Reznikov said. “They have no dignity, no honor, no mercy.”
Talks between the two sides have not yet resulted in a ceasefire, but representatives from Ukraine and Russia will meet via videoconference on Monday, a Zelensky adviser and a Kremlin spokesman said.
“And our goal is that in this struggle, in this difficult negotiation work, Ukraine will get the necessary result … for peace and security,” Zelensky said early Monday morning.
“We are seeing significant progress,” Leonid Slutsky, a senior member of the Russian negotiating team, told state-run RT on Sunday.
This comes after the Ukrainian president visited wounded soldiers at a military hospital in Kyiv on Sunday to boost their morale and award them with medals for bravery.
“Guys, get well soon. I believe that our common victory will be the best gift for your performance!” This was stated by Zelensky, according to the translation into English of a tweet published by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
He awarded 106 servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces the title of “Heroes of Ukraine”, 17 of which were awarded posthumously.