Aerial footage purports to point out Russian navy autos and items of Russian navy gear spewing flames and thick, black smoke after they had been hit in Ukrainian artillery strikes.

Zenger Information obtained the video from the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces (DShV), one of many 5 branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and regarded the elite of Ukraine's armed forces, on Monday.

The DShV stated (in Ukrainian): "The Air Assault Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a BM-27 Uragan a number of rocket launcher and a fabric and technical help unit of the Russian occupiers."

Russian equipment destroyed in Ukraine
Command of the Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated they destroyed the BM-27 Hurricane MLRS battery and the MTZ unit of the Russian Army in Ukraine.@dshv.mil.gov.ua/Zenger

"Efficient use of artillery from the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed an BM-27 Uragan a number of rocket launcher along with particular autos and a logistics base of the Russian Armed Forces, the place the occupiers refueled and serviced navy gear within the discipline.

"Loss of life to the Russian occupiers! Air Assault Forces - at all times first! Glory to Ukraine!"

The BM-27 Uragan is a self-propelled 220mm a number of rocket launcher designed within the Soviet Union. It entered service in 1975. Additionally it is utilized by the Ukrainian navy.

The DShV, that are headquartered in Zhytomyr in western Ukraine, didn't specify the place within the nation the footage was filmed.

Zenger Information contacted Russian and Ukrainian officers for remark however had not obtained a reply on the time of writing.

Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin remains to be calling a "particular navy operation." June 14 marks the 111th day of the marketing campaign.

The Normal Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between February 24 and June 14, Russia had misplaced 32,500 personnel, 1,434 tanks, 3,503 armored preventing autos, 721 artillery programs, 229 a number of launch rocket programs, 97 anti-aircraft programs, 213 warplanes, 179 helicopters, 2,473 motor autos and gas tankers, 13 warships/boats, 588 drones, 54 items of particular gear and 125 cruise missiles.

Elsewhere in Ukraine, all bridges to the besieged Ukrainian metropolis of Severodonetsk have reportedly been destroyed, the native governor, Serhiy Haidai, has stated. Ukrainian forces there at the moment are minimize off from any doable retreat, and fierce street-to-street preventing is going down within the metropolis, which has been the main target of Russian artillery fireplace for weeks.

Ukrainian officers have stated that weapons from allies will not be arriving quick sufficient. An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak, has stated that to finish the battle, they want "1,000 howitzers caliber 155 mm; 300 [Multiple Launch Rocket Systems]; 500 tanks; 2,000 armored autos; 1,000 drones."

Podolyak added: "Contact Group of Protection Ministers assembly is held in Brussels on June 15. We're ready for a call."

This story was offered to Newsweek by Zenger Information.