Dramatic footage captured the moment Ukrainian artillery destroyed dozens of Russian war machines and thwarted their furious assault.
The clip, obtained Tuesday by the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Air Assault Forces Command, shows Russian armored vehicles and other military vehicles being attacked by Ukrainian artillery and destroyed.
Along with the footage of the assault, a statement was shared saying: ‘The occupiers launched a second assault with 57 armored vehicles to break through the defense of the Tavrian paratroopers in the direction of Kurakhove; the massive Russian assault failed again.’
This comes after Putin’s forces were humiliated just a week ago after a failed assault in the same region left 40 invaders dead and 37 more wounded.
“During one day, the occupiers deployed 10 tanks, 47 armored combat vehicles with infantry, 10 motorcycles and a buggy,” the statement continued.
Ukrainian paratroopers destroy 29 military vehicles and armored units in another failed Russian assault near Kurakhove in Donetsk
The Airborne Assault Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published the images on Tuesday.
Ukraine said in a statement that the occupiers launched a second assault with 57 armored vehicles to break through the defense of the Tavrian paratroopers in the direction of Kurakhove.
Dramatic footage captured several Russian vehicles exploding in an orange blaze after being attacked and destroyed by Ukrainian forces.
In one clip, a body is seen flying out of the Russian vehicle as it speeds through a field before an explosive is thrown in.
‘Despite the huge amount of enemy materiel, all enemy attempts were once again thwarted: during the battle, our soldiers hit 12 armored combat vehicles, eight Russian tanks, nine motorcycles and one buggy. Thirty-six occupants were killed and another 32 were wounded.
‘These images show the brilliant combat work of our artillerymen, attack drone operators, anti-tank soldiers, sappers and our heroic infantry.
The dramatic footage shows several Russian vehicles advancing across a barren landscape before the lead vehicle is targeted.
Within seconds, the vehicle explodes into a cloud of thick smoke after being destroyed by Ukrainian forces.
A separate clip captured another Russian army vehicle driving through what appears to be a field before a body is seen flying out of the moving machine before an explosive is thrown in.
“Russian stormtroopers, mutilated, with torn limbs, who felt the wrath of the Tavrian paratroopers and are panicking away from the battlefield – this is what must be shown to all those who still plan to take part in their ‘special military operation’,” the statement added.
Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Air Assault Forces!
Last week, during one of Russia’s intense attacks on multiple sections of the Eastern Front, Ukraine scored a powerful victory when its troops managed to repel 29 attacks in Kurakhove alone, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Dmytro Hutsuliak, revealed in an update at the time.
Ukrainian paratroopers destroyed six Russian tanks and seven armoured fighting vehicles that were advancing when they were hit by kamikaze drones, it said.
The brutal attack reportedly involved some 57 armoured vehicles, 11 tanks, 12 motorcycles and 200 assault vehicles.
The Ukrainian brigade had detected the Russian equipment in advance and unleashed its fury against Moscow’s forces with incessant artillery fire.
The Russians are also said to have fallen on mines laid by Ukrainian sappers.
“As a result of the battle, our paratroopers knocked out six tanks and seven armored personnel carriers with infantry,” Ukraine’s 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade, also known as the Taurian Brigade, said in a statement.
‘The 12 motorcycles were burned.
‘The Russians suffered enormous losses in personnel: 40 occupiers were killed and another 37 were wounded.’
But even though Ukraine is short of manpower, ammunition and trenches, Russia has faced a series of embarrassing setbacks and its grand summer offensive plans appear to be failing.
Last week, Russia suffered a major setback in an assault in the Kurakhove area of Donetsk region, with the loss of six tanks, seven armored personnel carriers with infantry and 12 military motorcycles.
Ukrainian paratroopers destroyed six advancing Russian tanks and seven armored combat vehicles.
Ukraine’s 79th Independent Air Assault Brigade called last week’s Russian advance “one of the largest attacks of the war.”
And with just two months to go before the end of summer, Russia is a long way from achieving either of its two biggest ambitions: a Russian breakthrough or a total collapse of Ukraine’s defenses along the front.
In worrying figures for Russian President Vladimir Putin, the British Ministry of Defence said last week that Russia had suffered catastrophic casualties of 1,262 and 1,162 a day in May and June, the highest number since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Not only are casualty figures sky-high, but daily losses of Russian artillery systems on Ukrainian battlefields have also reached their highest levels in three months, according to the Ukrainian armed forces.
The Ukrainian military said Monday that Russia had lost 74 artillery systems in the previous 24 hours alone.
Figures from kyiv indicate that Moscow has lost more than 16,000 artillery systems since the conflict began.
But Russian forces have continued to advance and make gains, despite their continued losses.
Russian forces said Tuesday they had captured another village in their offensive in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
The Defence Ministry said Russia had “liberated” the village of Pivdenne, outside Toretsk, a larger city towards which Russian forces have advanced in recent months.
Before Russia launched its large-scale offensive, the village had a population of around 1,400, according to Ukrainian government estimates.
Moscow claims to have captured a number of villages in the Donetsk region in recent weeks, many consisting of just a few streets.
In their latest assault, their forces have approached Toretsk, a city once home to around 30,000 people.
The savage attacks come after the Kremlin revealed it is open to negotiations with Ukraine to end the war, something Moscow has called a special military operation.
But Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on July 24 during a visit to China that kyiv was also prepared to negotiate with Russia, provided Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity were fully respected, although he said Ukraine had seen no signs of that.
Asked a day later whether Russia would be willing to hold talks with Ukraine while President Volodymyr Zelensky was in power, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: “Russia is generally open to a negotiation process.
“But first we need to understand to what extent the Ukrainian side is prepared for this and to what extent it has permission from its interlocutors to do so.”
Putin said in June that Russia would end the war in Ukraine, but only if kyiv agreed to abandon its ambitions for NATO membership.