Video footage shared online this week shows a Russian anti-tank gun being destroyed by Ukrainian fire, along with a Ural ammo truck.
The video footage, which was reportedly filmed near Bilohorivka in Donetsk Oblast, shows Ukrainian artillery fire taking out several targets – both from the air and from the ground.
The video initially shows the four targets, which also include two Russian MT-12 anti-tank guns, recorded from a rotary-blade UAV.
The clip then cuts to footage recorded from the ground, showing a team of Ukrainian soldiers loading and firing an artillery system.
Drone footage shows the artillery strikes reaching all four targets, and according to the popular war-tracking Twitter account Ukraine Weapons Tracker, the soldiers responsible for the strikes were from Ukraine’s 40th Artillery Brigade.
“#Ukraine: A Russian MT-12 Rapira 100mm anti-tank gun along with a Ural ammo truck were destroyed by the Ukrainian 40th Artillery Brigade in cooperation with the 10th Mountain Brigade near Bilohorivka, #Donetsk Oblast,” the account writes in a post accompanying the video.
Savvy Twitter users also successfully located the exact position of the strikes, with one user noting that it occurred in Nahirne, Donetsk Oblast, just south of Berestove. The user gave the coordinates 48.744120, 38.243025 and used photographs overlaid with satellite imagery and maps to identify the sites.
The Latest Near Bilohorivka
Writing on Facebook, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine noted on April 14 that Russian forces recently led an unsuccessful offensive close to Bilohorivka.
“In the limansʹkomu direction during the day, the opponent led unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of southern díbrova and nearby bílogorívki. Artillery shelling suffered Novoselívske, Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Bílogorivka Luhansk region and Torsk, Dibrova, Spírne of Donetsk region,” the update explained.
During the day, the General Staff said, Russian forces launched a total of 19 missile strikes, 13 of which were conducted using S-300 air defense systems.
#Ukraine: A Russian MT-12 Rapira 100mm anti-tank gun along with a Ural ammo truck were destroyed by the Ukrainian 40th Artillery Brigade in cooperation with the 10th Mountain Brigade near Bilohorivka, #Donetsk Oblast.
Two more MT-12 were also damaged by artillery fire. pic.twitter.com/oEx3ULdcnO
— ???????? Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 19, 2023
The strikes hit the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
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