A Ukrainian armoured car attempted to ram through a Russian border checkpoint alone earlier than coming underneath heavy hearth.
Video seems to point out the Kozak-2 car heading at full pace in direction of the Kolotilovka checkpoint, which separates Ukraine from Russia’s Belgorod region.
Russian navy bloggers referred to as it a “suicide mission” after the fight car – clearly marked with Ukraine’s white triangle, a logo of its invasion of Russia – rapidly grew to become trapped by a barricade on the street.
The footage exhibits the car crashing close to the centre of the checkpoint and coming underneath hearth. It was reportedly hit by a Russian FPV drone and a precision-guided Krasnopol shell.
It isn’t clear what occurred to the seven troopers seen scrambling out of the car earlier than it was hit.
“Barely alive after such a blow, the paratroopers nonetheless managed to unload on the entrance to the checkpoint,” reported one Russian Telegram account, which claimed that they have been then “eradicated”.
Belgorod has come underneath bombardment in latest days as Ukraine’s incursion, which began in the neighbouring Kursk region, enters its tenth day. The offensive has to this point compelled the evacuation of greater than 200,000 from the border zone.
A state of emergency was declared in Belgorod on Thursday, with officers citing a “advanced and tense” state of affairs.
Russia’s military stated it was preparing “concrete actions”, together with “the allocation of further forces”, to defend Belgorod from additional Ukrainian assaults.
Kyiv claims to have seized over 1,150 sq. kilometres of Russian territory in Kursk. Moscow claims its forces have stemmed Ukraine’s advances, whereas conceding that small teams proceed to probe its border defences.
