Russia has said that its self-propelled guns destroyed lightly armoured Ukrainian war machines near Liman.
The footage purports to show at least two of the Russian war machines, reportedly ‘Nona-SVK’ self-propelled guns, manoeuvring into position on the battlefield before opening fire.
The images then cut to what appears to be drone footage purporting to show the Ukrainian vehicles being hit.
The images were obtained from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday, 10th November, along with a statement claiming: “Crews of self-propelled guns ‘Nona-SVK’ of the Central Military District destroyed a mobile group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction.”
The Russian MoD added: “Crews of the Nona-SVK self-propelled guns of the Central Military District (CMD) are destroying lightly armoured equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of a special military operation.
“Acting as part of a fire platoon, Nona-SVK crews from a mountain formation of the Central Military District arrived at the firing position and, having secured the terrain, struck with rapid-fire a mobile group of Ukrainian militants who were trying to carry out a rotation in a forest belt in the Krasnolimansky direction.
“Interacting with the operators of unmanned aircraft, the artillerymen of the Central Military District transferred fire to a reconnoitred alternate rotation route of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, also destroying light wheeled vehicles and the enemy’s ammunition delivery group.”
We have not been able to independently verify the claims or the footage.
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February 2022 in what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation”. Today marks the 625th day of the full-scale war.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between 24th February 2022 and 10th November 2023, Russia had lost about 309,520 personnel, 5,317 tanks, 10,017 armoured combat vehicles, 7,489 artillery units, 877 multiple launch rocket systems, 578 air defence systems, 322 warplanes, 324 helicopters, 5,595 drones, 1,558 cruise missiles, 20 warships, 1 submarine, 9,876 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 1,060 units of special equipment.
Russia has claimed that its casualties have been much lower but provides infrequent updates on its latest figures.
At least five people have been killed after Ukrainian forces reportedly hit a base belonging to the FSB, Russia’s spy service, in the occupied city of Skadovsk, in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine.
Anton Gerashchenko, an official advisor and former Deputy Minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, said: “So the occupiers are well aware they not safe, that they are being watched and can be destroyed at any time.
“Ukraine uses high-precision Western weapons for these strikes.”
The Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom has said that Russia’s military forces are being overextended and that the Kremlin will most likely need to reallocate surface-to-air missile systems from far-flung parts of its territory to maintain coverage over Ukraine.
Germany has issued new defence policy guidelines for the first time in over 10 years.
The document details the ‘Zeitenwende’, a major policy shift announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said: “With the Zeitenwende, Germany becomes a grown-up country in terms of security policy.”
He also said: “As the most populous and economically strong country at the heart of Europe, Germany must be the backbone of deterrence and collective defence in Europe.”
Hungary has said that the European Union should not start membership talks with Ukraine, suggesting instead that Kyiv should have a form of “privileged partnership” rather than full membership.
The leaders of EU member states are expected to decide next month whether to accept the European Commission’s recommendation to invite Ukraine to begin membership talks with the bloc.
Ukraine’s Minister for European Integration, Olga Stefanishyna, has said that her country will be able to overcome Budapest’s opposition to it becoming an EU member.
She said: “We understand that there is such a statement, but we also understand there is a dialogue with Budapest.”
