Twitter War: The Ukrainian military has released documentation of an artillery ambush by Russian armored forces in battles taking place north of the city of Kharkiv, the second largest city in the country.
According to a statement from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the video was shot in recent days, following the major Russian offensive launched in the east of the country.
The video shows several armored Russian vehicles, including several T-72 tanks, being photographed by a glider operated by a force attached to the artillery unit of the Ukrainian army.
After the sighting, the Ukrainians begin to fire precise cannon fire at the excavated Russians and in the documentation at least one Russian tank is seen coming under fire.
Accurate Ukrainian artillery destroys Russian armored force in Kharkiv
The video is a testament to the Ukrainian combat method that includes observation and collection teams attached to artillery units and manages to turn cannon fire, statistical and inaccurate weapons, into an effective tool in eliminating armored forces and performing ambushes, even for forces in motion.
Meanwhile, Ukraine announced tonight that the Russian military has shelled heavy artillery on the city of Mikulav, a port city in eastern Ukraine and that there are likely to be casualties among civilians in the city.
In addition, the Russian army shelled cities and towns in Kharkiv.
The Pentagon confirmed tonight that the Russian military has moved four new tactical combat teams to eastern Ukraine and now the Russian military's force order stands at 84 tactical combat teams, the largest force deployment it has deployed to the Russian military since World War II.
"Misha the Chechen" at the head of his men in the Donbas region,
Ukraine had earlier announced that the Russian military had begun forcibly recruiting civilians in places it had occupied in the eastern Ukrainian province of Zaporizhia, with the aim of increasing the separatist forces aiding the Russian army in its war against the Ukrainian army.
The separatist forces have suffered heavy casualties in the Donbass region in recent weeks and today it became known that a senior commander of one of the large separatist militias was killed in battles near the town of Karmina.
The commander, Mikhail Kishchik, known as "Misha the Chechen" for his cruelty, headed a notorious force following acts of looting and killing civilians.
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