This is the moment a pro-Russian military engineer unpacks and installs an anti-tank mine in the Zaporizhzhya region in Ukraine.
The explosive device reportedly has sound and seismic sensors that allow it to detect sounds and vibrations from military equipment within a radius of 200-250 metres.
After the tank target is selected by the mine system, it releases a shaped charge. As the charge hits the armoured fighting vehicle, its high-explosive anti-tank warhead explodes.
The shaped charge can penetrate armour steel to a depth of seven or more times the diameter of the charge.
The images were obtained from the pro-Russian Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Wednesday, 23rd November, along with a statement claiming they show “the installation of minefields by engineers of the battalion ‘Crimea’ in the Zaporizhzhya direction”.
The DPR also claimed in the statement: “In order to prevent the advance of enemy equipment, it was decided to create minefields using various types of mines, including mines equipped with seismic sensors.”
We have not been able to independently verify the claims or the footage.
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February in what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation”. Today marks the 273rd day of the war.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between 24th February and 23rd November, Russia had lost about 85,410 personnel, 2,897 tanks, 5,832 armoured combat vehicles, 1,887 artillery units, 395 multiple launch rocket systems, 209 air defence systems, 278 warplanes, 261 helicopters, 1,537 drones, 480 cruise missiles, 16 warships, 4,396 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 161 units of special equipment.
Russia has claimed that its casualties have been much lower but provides infrequent updates on its latest figures.
The G7 countries are set to announce a price cap on Russian oil. The G7, along with the United States and the European Union, as well as Australia, intend to implement a price cap on maritime oil exports from Russia on 5th December.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukrainians who need basic services if Russia knocks out the electricity and other facilities over the winter can go to special “invincibility centres”.
Zelensky said that thousands of these centres across the country will offer electricity, water, heating, Internet services, and pharmacies, free of charge and around the clock.
President Zelensky said: “If massive Russian strikes happen again and it’s clear power will not be restored for hours, the ‘invincibility centres’ will go into action with all key services.”
Sergey Kovalenko, the head of YASNO, a major private energy provider for the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, has said that blackouts in the country are likely to carry on until at least the end of March.
The Russian energy giant Gazprom has reportedly threatened to shut down gas flows to Europe via Ukraine as of next week.
The Russian governor of Crimea has said that two Ukrainian drone attacks were repelled on Tuesday thanks to air defence systems.
