A top Ukrainian commander has said that his troops took out a Russian cruise missile using an American Browning machine gun.
The footage, shot at night, shows a Ukrainian soldier opening fire with what appears to be a mounted heavy machine-gun.
The soldier can be seen firing into the night sky, apparently at incoming Russian missiles.
The soldier appears to hit one of the Russian weapons as the footage ends.
The images were obtained from Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev, the Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Tuesday, 23rd January, along with a statement saying: “In the Northern operational area, mobile fire groups managed to destroy several enemy cruise missiles.
“One of them was destroyed by a Browning machine gun. Together we will win!”
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Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February 2022 in what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation.” Today marks the 699th day of the full-scale war.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between 24th February 2022 and 23rd January 2024, Russia had lost approximately 377,820 personnel, 6,214 tanks, 11,548 armoured combat vehicles, 8,947 artillery units, 970 multiple launch rocket systems, 657 air defence systems, 331 warplanes, 324 helicopters, 6,961 drones, 1,820 cruise missiles, 23 warships, 1 submarine, 11,956 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 1,409 units of special equipment.
The Turkish parliament is set to debate Sweden’s NATO membership today, Tuesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has so far blocked Sweden’s membership bid as he attempts to extract concessions from Stockholm and other NATO members.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has clashed with the United States and Ukraine’s other allies at the United Nations Security Council after his country ruled out any peace plan backed by Ukraine and the West.
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He said that peace plans presented by Ukraine and the West were “a road to nowhere”.
But Robert Wood, the US Deputy Ambassador, said that it was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “single-minded pursuit of the obliteration of Ukraine and subjugation of its people that is prolonging” the full-scale war that began when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
A deal regarding security at the border with Mexico is reportedly being discussed and finalised in the US Senate in a bid to unblock Republican support for further aid for Ukraine.
Dan Crenshaw, a moderate Republican congressman, has criticised MAGA Republicans for their unwillingness to work with US President Joe Biden on border security and Ukraine aid.
Crenshaw said that some Republicans are saying “we’ll never vote for it if it’s attached to Ukraine aid. Really? We get meaningful border policy with the Ukraine aid and you’re not going to vote for that?
“You want Russia to win more than you want border policy changes? Some people say Biden wants it now because it’s helpful to him politically? OK! I want border security, that’s what I told my constituents I would do for them. So if we can get that deal, that’s a no-brainer.”
