The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday released a new video of a missile strike on a Ukrainian armored column amassed in a wooded area, amid an ongoing incursion by Kiev’s forces into Kursk Region, Russia.
The video, shot by a surveillance drone, shows multiple Ukrainian armored cars parked by a wooded stretch between two fields. The ministry said the strike was conducted on “amassed combat and special vehicles” located in an “area bordering Kursk Region.”
The Ukrainian forces were hit by a ballistic missile packed with a cluster warhead fired by an Iskander-M system. While the extent of damage sustained by the vehicles was not immediately clear, one of them was seen speeding away yet abruptly stopping in the middle of a road.
Kiev’s forces launched a large-scale incursion into Kursk Region early Tuesday, with the resulting hostilities continuing near the Russian town of Sudzha. According to the Russian military, the Ukrainian advance deeper into the country’s territory has already been halted, with the troops now seeking to push Kiev’s forces back and inflict a “full defeat” on them.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the region was attacked by a force of up to 1,000 Ukrainian servicemen, backed by dozens of armored vehicles. The advancing troops have already lost around 300 soldiers killed or wounded, with 54 vehicles destroyed, including at least six tanks.