This dramatic footage shows Ukrainian forces destroying a Russian jamming communication station by using a multiple rocket launcher.
Aerial footage reportedly shows the Ukrainian M142 HIMARS launcher targeting the Russian station in the Donetsk region.
The R-330Zh ‘Zhitel’ station had reportedly been moved far beyond contact line and was soon discovered by Ukrainian soldiers, who relayed the information onto artillery units.
The footage was obtained by Newsflash from the Command of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Thursday, 13th April, along with a statement saying: “The SSO together with the Defence Forces ‘himarred’ another fat target.
“In the Donetsk direction, operators of the SSO of Ukraine, together with the units of the Defence Forces, conducted a set of measures during which they discovered the position of the R-330Zh ‘Zhitel’ automated jamming station.
“The station was quite far behind the contact line.
“The coordinates were quickly transferred to the comrades of one of the missile and artillery units, who know their work very well.
“The video shows the exact moment the station was hit by a missile fired from the M142 HIMARS.”
The US-made M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is mounted on a five-tonne truck which can quickly fire six guided missiles in succession.
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