These images show Russian soldiers jumping from a moving infantry fighting vehicle after it is hit by a Ukrainian kamikaze drone causing it to catch fire.
The footage begins with FPV images from a kamikaze drone honing in on its target, with the video then cutting to a second drone filming the action as the first drone hits the Russian war machine.
The video then shows how Russian soldiers jump off the hit infantry fighting vehicle, reportedly a MT-LB, and quickly take cover among some trees.
But one of the soldiers can then be seen running after the moving war machine, which was on fire and burning profusely, apparently attempting to pull something or someone of it.
The images were obtained from the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Thursday, 9th November, along with a statement saying: “The Moon Planet unit of the 63rd brigade destroys a Russian MT-LB, from which the filling fell out.”
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February 2022 in what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation”. Today marks the 624th day of the full-scale war.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between 24th February 2022 and 9th November 2023, Russia had lost about 308,720 personnel, 5,316 tanks, 10,014 armoured combat vehicles, 7,475 artillery units, 875 multiple launch rocket systems, 577 air defence systems, 322 warplanes, 324 helicopters, 5,593 drones, 1,557 cruise missiles, 20 warships, 1 submarine, 9,853 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 1,059 units of special equipment.
Russia has claimed that its casualties have been much lower but provides infrequent updates on its latest figures.
A civilian vessel flying under a Liberian flag that was entering the Black Sea port of Odesa has been damaged by a Russian missile that killed one and injured four people, according to the Ukrainian military.
Russian state news agency RIA Novosti has reported that Russia is sending Ukrainian prisoners of war into combat to fight on the Kremlin’s side.
Yulia Gorbunova, from Human Rights Watch, said: “Russian authorities might claim they are recruiting them on a voluntary basis but it’s hard to imagine a scenario where a prisoner of war’s decision could be taken truly voluntarily, given the situation of coercive custody.”
US National Security Spokesperson John Kirby has said that the United States has used up 96 per cent of the funds that it had allocated for Ukraine so far.
Slovakia’s new government has shot down a plan the country had previously set up to give rockets and ammunition to Ukraine. The move comes after Robert Fico, the incoming Prime Minister, pledged to stop providing Kyiv with military aid.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that cooperation between his country and China on military matters is becoming increasingly important.
But he said that the two countries do not intend to implement a Cold War-style military alliance.
The leaders of the G7 countries have insisted that their support for Ukraine will “never waver”.
