Pictures purporting to indicate Russian Ka-52 assault helicopters destroying Ukrainian strongholds had been launched Sunday by the Russian navy.
The footage exhibits the assault helicopters, sporting white "V" symbols on their fuselages, being ready for fight earlier than they take off and head towards their targets. The photographs then seem to indicate them opening hearth on Ukrainian targets.
Salvos of rockets may be seen being fired from among the helicopters earlier than the footage exhibits the plane touchdown, presumably again at their base.
It's unclear the place precisely the assaults came about, however the Russian Ministry of Protection (MoD) mentioned in a brief assertion on Sunday night that "Ka-52 assault helicopter crews engaged in fight operations to destroy AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] strongholds.
"In the course of the flights, the military aviation pilots carried out missile launches towards the recognized strongholds of AFU items.
"The air strikes had been carried out from a variety of over 5 kilometers [3.1 miles]."
Zenger Information contacted Russian and Ukrainian officers for remark however had not acquired a reply on the time of writing.
Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin continues to say is a "particular navy operation." June 13 marks the a hundred and tenth day of the marketing campaign.
The Common Workers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between February 24 and June 13, Russia had misplaced 32,300 personnel, 1,432 tanks, 3,492 armored preventing automobiles, 718 artillery techniques, 226 a number of launch rocket techniques, 97 anti-aircraft techniques, 213 warplanes, 178 helicopters, 2,460 motor automobiles and gasoline tankers, 13 warships, 585 drones, 54 items of particular tools and 125 cruise missiles.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, an enormous hearth is reportedly raging at a chemical plant in Severodonetsk as street-to-street preventing between Ukrainian and Russian forces takes place within the metropolis.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has mentioned that Russian assaults on the cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk has turned them into "useless cities," however he added that Ukrainian forces may nonetheless maintain Severodonetsk regardless of being outnumbered.
An aide to Zelensky has mentioned that Ukraine is dropping as much as 200 troops a day.
Zelensky has requested for extra weapons from Ukraine's allies to assist push again the Russian forces.
The UK and the USA are sending long-range missile techniques to Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of extra assaults in Ukraine if the West sends long-range weapons.
Putin has additionally mentioned that the West won't be able to wean itself off from Russian oil and fuel for years. U.S. officers have now additionally admitted that Russian income on power may even be greater than they had been earlier than the conflict began.
And on June 8, the European Parliament adopted a decision recommending that the European Union grant Ukraine the standing of candidate nation for EU membership. Within the balloting, 438 members of the European Parliament voted in favor of the decision, with 65 voting towards and 94 abstaining.
This story was supplied to Newsweek by Zenger Information.
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