Russian soldiers send a reconnaissance drone into the sky before setting up their Hurricane multiple-launch rocket system and sending over a volley of missiles at Ukrainian targets, as revealed in a released video.
The Russian military said troops used an Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone to gather information on the enemy’s location before moving their battery of rocket systems into firing position.
After firing a flurry of rockets at Ukrainian targets, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said they destroyed the enemy targets.
The Russian MoD said on May 31: “The Hurricane MLRS battery received the coordinates of discovered fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from operators of the Orlan-10 UAV [unmanned aerial vehicles].
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“After receiving the targets, the battery moved into firing position and struck at the camouflaged armored vehicles and enemy stronghold.
“As a result of the strike, armored vehicles, manpower and artillery means of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.”
Combat work of calculations of multiple launch rocket systems ‘Hurricane. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Zenger)
Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation”. June 1 marks the 98th day of the campaign.
From February 24 to June 1, the total combat losses of Russian troops stand at around 30,700 personnel, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military also claims that Russia has lost 1,361 tanks, 3,343 armored fighting vehicles, 659 artillery systems, 207 multiple launch rocket systems, 94 anti-aircraft systems, 208 warplanes, 175 helicopters, 2,290 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, 13 vessels, 519 unmanned aerial vehicles, 49 units of special equipment, and 120 cruise missiles.
In recent news, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Russian strikes on a nitric acid tank in the besieged eastern city of Sievierodonetsk “madness”.
Combat work of calculations of multiple launch rocket systems ‘Hurricane. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Zenger)
Residents of Sievierodonetsk have been warned to remain in bomb shelters and to prepare masks to protect against toxic fumes.