- A Ukrainian brigade mentioned they blew up a retailer of Russian anti-tank mines.
- Drone footage confirmed an enormous explosion and its aftermath.
- Intercepted Russian communications described it as a “small nuclear explosion,” the brigade mentioned.
Newly-released footage exhibits Ukrainian troops creating an enormous explosion by dropping what they mentioned was a grenade on a hidden Russian ammunition retailer.
Ukraine’s 68th brigade shared the footage on Tuesday, and mentioned it confirmed one grenade hitting a Russian warehouse of anti-tank mines.
The video exhibits a drone dropping a small grey object onto a dense patch of timber, after which an enormous explosion.
It then exhibits the obvious aftermath, with burnt timber, a crater within the floor, and a broken armored automobile.
You’ll be able to watch the footage right here:
The brigade mentioned it intercepted Russians speaking in regards to the destruction they usually described it as a “small nuclear explosion.”
It additionally mentioned a Russian fight automobile was impacted by the blast.
Ukraine’s land forces additionally shared the footage on Telegram, and mentioned the warehouse was “destroyed.”
Russia has laid dense minefields in a bid to frustrate Ukraine’s counteroffensive effort, which began in June. Ukraine’s protection minister mentioned Russia has laid so many who it has made Ukraine “essentially the most closely mined nation on this planet.”
The mines have killed and maimed Ukrainian troopers, and in some instances, Ukrainian troopers have left their superior Western tanks to maneuver ahead via minefields on foot. Analysts say delays in allies sending weapons to Ukraine is what gave Russia the possibility to construct such intensive defenses.
It’s not clear when the 68th brigade’s footage was filmed, or in what a part of Ukraine.
The brigade’s final publicly-shared location was that it was within the village of Novoegorivka within the japanese Zaporizhzhia area on the finish July, the place it mentioned it had regained some territory for Ukraine.
