The tanks โ apparently caught napping in an open field โ are seen being blown to pieces by the assault.
Plumes of smoke are seen pouring from the wrecked vehicles, according to a video of the strike obtained by Zenger News from the 25th Airborne Brigade earlier today (Tuesday, 3rd May).
The 25th Airborne Brigade โ an airborne formation of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces โ said: โThe enemy will not hide from the Sicheslav โgods of warโ!
โBrigade artillery works as always clearly and coherently!
Two tanks and one infantry fighting vehicle were destroyed in the artillery strikes.
Two tanks and one infantry fighting vehicle were accurately and quickly destroyed by artillerymen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in May 2022. (@dshv25opdbr/Zenger)
The 25th Airborne Brigade โ which is normally garrisoned in Hvardiiske, in Ukraineโs east-central Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (also known as Sicheslav Oblast) โ did not specify where in the country the strikes took place.
In recent developments, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will describe the resistance to the Russian invasion as Ukraineโs โfinest hourโ when he addresses the countryโs parliament virtually later today.
He will also talk about GBP 300 million in additional military support โ including electronic warfare equipment โ from the United Kingdom for Ukraine.
The United Nations and the Red Cross are hoping to oversee further evacuations of civilians from the Azovstal metallurgical plant in besieged Mariupol today, following the previous rescue of over 100 people.
Over 200 civilians are still holed up in the steelworks, Mariupol mayor Vadym Boychenko has said, along with a rump of soldiers, who say the Russians are pounding the plant using warplanes, tanks and warship missiles.
Two tanks and one infantry fighting vehicle were accurately and quickly destroyed by artillerymen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in May 2022. (@dshv25opdbr/Zenger)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov of โblaming the Jewish people for Nazi crimesโ.
Lavrov had told the Italian TV program Zona Bianca on Sunday: โI could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood. [That Zelensky is Jewish] means absolutely nothing. Wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews.โ
The Kremlin initially said the aim of its โspecial military operationโ was to โdemilitarise and denazifyโ Ukraine. It now says the aim of the operation is to โprotect Donbassโ.
Two tanks and one infantry fighting vehicle were accurately and quickly destroyed by artillerymen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in May 2022. (@dshv25opdbr/Zenger)
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy said a boy aged 14 was killed in a Russian missile strike in Odesa on Monday.
And member states of the European Union remain divided on how swiftly they can diminish dependence on Russian gas and oil.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now in its 69th day.
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