New video footage shared by Ukrainian paratroopers appears to reveal soldiers in a U.S.-supplied Stryker armored automobile running over Russian fighters after lacking ammo.
The quick video, shared by the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces on messaging app Telegram Monday, claims to reveal Kyiv soldiers ferreting out Russian soldiers in the western Russian Kursk area.
Newsweek might not individually validate the clip, and has actually connected to the Russian Defense Ministry for remark through e-mail.
Why It Matters
Russia has actually been fighting Ukraine in Kursk given that August 2024, when Kyiv introduced a surprise cross-border attack into Russian soil. Ukraine still manages approximately half of the area it took in the late summer season, although Moscow has actually been fighting to peel back Kyiv’s grip throughout the border.
A screengrab from a video shared by the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces on messaging app Telegram on Monday. The video footage claims to reveal Ukrainian soldiers ferreting out Russian soldiers in the western Russian Kursk area … Airborne Assault Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Moscow has actually released North Korean fighters in the Kursk area in current months, drawing global attention to the location where foreign soldiers crossed into Russia for the very first time given that World War II.
On Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry and an accomplice of the nation’s prominent military blog writers stated Ukraine had actually released restored operations northeast of the Kursk border town of Sudzha, which Kyiv caught early on in August. Numerous senior Kyiv authorities teased a fresh offensive, however Ukraine’s armed force has not formally reported a brand-new collective push in Kursk.
What To Know
The Ukrainian armed force stated the video footage revealed soldiers in the nation’s 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade in a Stryker armored lorry operating in an undefined location of Kursk. It is unclear when the video was shot.
The paratroopers lacked ammo “after heavy battling,” the armed force stated. Russian forces were “best beside them and presented a threat,” according to the declaration.
After lacking ammunition a Ukrainian M1126 Stryker turn to squashing Putin’s savages separately in a maniacal yet exemplary mission for justice. pic.twitter.com/qNDqQpfVQk
— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) January 6, 2025
The Stryker team in the video “chases after the opponent throughout the field and squashes the Russians with their armor and wheels,” Kyiv’s air-borne forces stated. The Ukrainian soldier driving the Stryker focused Russian soldiers while the gunner “climbed up out of the hatch and opened fire on the Russians with little arms,” according to the armed force.
The U.S. has actually sent out more than 400 Stryker cars to Ukraine given that February 2022, according to Pentagon files. A lot of the Stryker lorries have actually apparently released to Kursk in current months.
Ukrainian authorities have actually applauded how U.S.-donated devices like Strykers, Bradley infantry combating lorries and the 31 M1 Abrams tanks carried out versus Russian soldiers. It is a point of pride for Moscow to target U.S.-supplied devices.
