These images show Ukrainian forces taking out a makeshift Russian UAV base in Oleshky, in the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine using a kamikaze drone.
The video reportedly shows a pro-Russian UAV about to be launched when the Ukrainian kamikaze drone hones in on its target and hits it.
The images were obtained from the Ukrainian police for the Kerson region on Wednesday, 9th August, along with a statement saying: “The occupiers decided that they could safely launch drones from the roof of a house in Oleshky in the direction of the de-occupied territories.
“However, the Kherson KORD fighters did not agree with this. The policemen, in cooperation with other units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, proved the opposite with the help of an FPV drone.
“The result is a few more destroyed enemies and a safer sky.
“Together to victory!”
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February 2022 in what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation”. Today marks the 532nd day of the full-scale war.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between 24th February 2022 and 9th August 2023, Russia had lost about 251,620 personnel, 4,262 tanks, 8,290 armoured combat vehicles, 5,013 artillery units, 711 multiple launch rocket systems, 469 air defence systems, 315 warplanes, 312 helicopters, 4,175 drones, 1,377 cruise missiles, 18 warships, 7,479 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 742 units of special equipment.
Russia has claimed that its casualties have been much lower but provides infrequent updates on its latest figures.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday evening that the Russian missile attack on the city of Pokrovsk had killed nine people and wounded over 80 others.
Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of targeting rescue workers with the strikes, using the first missile to draw rescuers to the scene before firing the second one to wound or kill them.
The Ukrainian authorities have said that one of the people killed was an emergency official and that most of the wounded were police officers, soldiers and emergency workers who had rushed to the scene to help civilians.
Dozens of second-hand Leopard 1 tanks that belonged to Belgium before being owned by an arms trader have now reportedly been purchased by another, currently unnamed European country to be sent to Ukraine to fight Russia’s invasion.
This is according to the arms trader who sold them.
Freddy Versluys, the head of the private defence company OIP Land Systems, said on Tuesday that he could not name the buyer or the price.
It has also been reported that the German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall bought the 49 tanks and plans to export most of them to Ukraine.
The German-made Leopard tanks were at the heart of a dispute a few months ago after Ludivine Dedonder, the Belgian Defence Minister, said her country’s government had looked into buying back the tanks to send them to Ukraine but had been quoted unreasonable prices.
Dozens of ships are reportedly backed up near a key Danube artery days after Russian drones attacked Ukrainian ports.
Zelensky said on Tuesday that his country would fight back against Russia in the Black Sea to make sure that Ukraine can export its grain and other goods.
The UK has said that it is imposing further sanctions on individuals and businesses in a bid to target Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ability to access foreign military supplies.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said: “Today’s landmark sanctions will further diminish Russia’s arsenal and close the net on supply chains propping up Putin’s now-struggling defence industry.
“There is nowhere for those sustaining Russia’s military machine to hide.”
