Russian forces destroy 200 tons of Ukrainian ammo on train: MoD
The Russian forces target Ukraine's 81st airborne brigade command post near the village of Belogorovka, in the Lugansk People’s Republic.
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Ukrainian soldiers prepare a US-supplied M777 Howitzer, January 9, 2023 (Reuters)
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today that a Ukrainian ammunition train has been targeted by Russian forces near the city of Kramatrosk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Russian Military has been actively targeting Ukrainian artillery units. In addition to the train carrying 200 tons of ammunition, the Russian forces targeted Ukraine's 81st airborne brigade command post near the village of Belogorovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic.
"Over the past 24 hours, tactical and army aviation, missile, and artillery units of the Russian Armed Forces hit 82 Ukrainian artillery units at their firing positions, manpower, and equipment in 115 areas,” Ministry spokesperson Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov announced during a media briefing.
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Earlier this week, Russian forces destroyed Ukrainian S-300 air defense missile systems using suicide drones in western Kherson. Using a Zala Lancet suicide drone, Russian forces targeted a vehicle carrying 4 S-300 missiles and a number of other vehicles in the vicinity operating within the same system.
Surveillance drones were able to detect Ukrainian vehicles through thermal imaging, as the thermal difference between the vehicles' metal structure and the earth allows it to be discovered despite camouflage. Another scene from the released footage shows Lancet's pursuit of Ukrainian vehicles trying to escape; but to no avail.
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