A new video, filmed by Ukrainian drones, is circulating on social media, showing the destruction of a huge convoy of Russian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. It is “one of the largest attacks on tanks during the war in Ukraine” and the Russians were forced to withdraw, the British Daily Mail reported.
Drone videos capture an incredible moment from the front lines in Ukraine. The defenders in Donetsk miraculously repelled one of the biggest Russian attacks to date. A huge battalion of 36 Russian tanks and 12 infantry fighting vehicles launched an attack on the Ukrainian town of Tonen”ke on March 30 when the forces Vladimir Putin were about to consolidate their victory after recapturing Avdijivka.
Drone footage showed a line of tanks driving across a field towards the Ukrainian city, but before they met the fierce defense of the Ukrainian 25th Airborne Brigade “Sičeslav”.
Destroyed convoy of Russian tanks. The footage was taken by Ukrainian drones | reprofoto Twitter – Anton Gerashchenko
On a mined field, an armored column of the 90th tank division of the Russian army was forced to slow down, making it an easy target for paratroopers and their skilled drone pilots.
Russian tanks were destroyed one by one and drone-mounted cameras captured several tanks exploding after being hit by Ukrainian munitions.
About 20 tanks and armored vehicles succumbed to the fierce air attack, before the Russian commanders ordered a retreat.
The losses were reported by Ukrainian officials, but later confirmed by Russian military bloggers and satellite imagery shared by the Institute for the Study of War.
Russian President Vladimir Putin today questioned whether Islamic fundamentalists could be behind the March attack on a concert hall near Moscow. The Islamic State has repeatedly claimed responsibility for the mass shooting, which killed at least 144 people, and many foreign experts have called these statements credible. However, Putin and other Russian officials have repeatedly blamed Ukraine for the attack. Kyiv has denied any involvement in the March events in Moscow.
“Russia cannot be the object of terrorist attacks by Islamic fundamentalists,” Putin said today according to the TASS agency. “Our country demonstrates a unique example of inter-faith unity and understanding as well as inter-religious and inter-ethnic unity,” also stated He also stated that Russia is behaving in such a way that the Islamists would not have a reason to attack it, even in the international arena.
In connection with the war in Ukraine, Czech ex-president Miloš Zeman spoke out in favor of starting peace negotiations with the help of a mediator. According to him, the complete control of Ukraine by Russia would strengthen Moscow’s imperial ambitions. In a joint debate with Zeman on TA3 TV, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated that the conflict in Ukraine cannot be won militarily. Zeman joined the debate with Fico via video link.
“For peace to happen, some kind of mediator is needed. Let’s try not to always think only in the category of war. Either you slaughter millions of Ukrainians and Ukraine will be a desert and force Ukraine to surrender. But it is hard to expect that it would be possible to force Russia to capitulate. For this reason alone, negotiations are necessary,” said Zeman, who was released from the hospital to home care on Wednesday.
Ukraine eventually joins the North Atlantic Alliance, Kyiv’s support remains “rock solid” among member states. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told journalists in Brussels today.
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