Ukrainian army officers say their troops drove away in "trophy" army automobiles following a rout of Russians on the Seversky Donets River.

The clip opens with scenes of the devastation wreaked by Ukrainian forces on their Russian counterparts as they tried, however did not cross the river in japanese Ukraine.

The video ends with Ukrainian troops driving away the army automobiles marked with "Z" that had been deserted by the Russians however not destroyed within the rout.

Zenger Information obtained the footage from AFU StratCom [Strategic Communications Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine] on Monday.

Ukraine troops take Russian tanks as trophies
Ukrainian troopers reportedly took as "trophies" two almost-undamaged Russian infantry preventing automobiles and a T-72 tank close to the Seversky Donets River in Might 2022.@AFUStratCom/Zenger

AFU StratCom said (in Ukrainian): "Ukrainian troopers seized the surviving Russian tools close to the Seversky Donets River, which the occupiers did not cross.

"Now the trophy is comparatively intact: two infantry preventing automobiles and the T-72 tank will destroy the enemy."

The T-72 is a household of Soviet/Russian essential battle tanks that entered service in 1973. They're operated by a number of nations, together with Russia and Ukraine.

The 2 infantry preventing automobiles seized by the Ukrainians are believed to be BMP-1s. The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry preventing automobile that entered service in 1966.

Russian military models beforehand misplaced dozens of army automobiles after they tried to cross the Seversky Donets River close to the village of Belogorovka in japanese Luhansk Oblast.

The Washington-based assume tank Institute for the Research of Conflict mentioned that as much as 485 of the 550 troopers of the 74th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade who tried to cross the river had been killed or wounded.

The Normal Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) mentioned on Might 24 that Russia had misplaced about 29,350 troops between February 24 and Might 24.

It added that Russia had additionally misplaced 1,302 tanks, 3,194 armored preventing automobiles, 606 artillery programs, 201 a number of launch rocket programs, 93 anti-aircraft programs, 205 plane, 170 helicopters, 2,213 motor automobiles and gas tankers, 13 vessels, 480 unmanned aerial automobiles, 43 models of particular tools and 112 cruise missiles over the identical interval.

Russian forces are at present attempting to encircle the japanese cities of Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk and Rubizhne, in response to the British protection ministry.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned Russian troops try to destroy "every part dwelling" within the embattled Donbas area.

He reiterated that his nation stays prepared to change prisoners with Russia.

This story was offered to Newsweek by Zenger Information.