Ukrainian Paratroopers Take Out Scores Of Russian Troops Crawling On Battlefield And Urban Areas

These images show how Ukrainian paratroopers have taken out scores of Russian troops on the battlefield and in urban areas.

Picture shows explosions in Russian trenches in Ukraine in undated photo. Units of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the support of artillery shot at Russian soldiers in a residential area. (@ua_dshv/Newsflash)

The footage begins by showing four Russian soldiers crawling across the battlefield near a dirt road.

The images then show some Russian soldiers nearby that do not appear to be moving before the area is hit by Ukrainian ordnance.

The images then show the mutilated corpses of Russian soldiers strewn across the battlefield.

Other images show at least three dead Russian soldiers near a building. One of them appears to have been shot in the head. The images then cut to yet more Russian soldiers who lie motionless in an urban area after having been cut down.

The images were obtained from the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces on Monday, 14th November, along with a statement saying: “Ukrainian paratroopers continue to destroy the Russian invaders.

“Units of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, supported by artillery, continue to eliminate the armed forces of the aggressor.

“Thus, the video shows the effective work of army troops to neutralise the Russian invaders. The result of each accurate shot was our response to the enemy destroying the cities and villages of our native Motherland.

“Death to the Russian invaders! Together to victory! Glory to Ukraine!”

Russian soldiers crawl in trench in Ukraine in undated photo. Units of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the support of artillery shot at Russian soldiers in a residential area. (@ua_dshv/Newsflash)

Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February in what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation”. Today marks the 265th day of the war.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between 24th February and 15th November, Russia had lost about 82,080 personnel, 2,861 tanks, 5,773 armoured combat vehicles, 1,850 artillery units, 393 multiple launch rocket systems, 208 air defence systems, 278 warplanes, 261 helicopters, 1,511 drones, 399 cruise missiles, 16 warships, 4,351 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 160 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 Zelensky has said that recapturing the southern city of Kherson has marked “the beginning of the end of the war”.

He added: “We are moving forward. We are ready for peace, peace for all our country.”

Visiting the southern Ukrainian city on Monday, Zelensky said: “I’m really happy, you can tell by the reaction of the people, their reaction is not staged.”

But the Ukrainian President also said that Russian troops had “destroyed absolutely all critical infrastructure” in the city.

He added: “There is no electricity, no communication, no internet, no television … Russian occupiers destroyed absolutely all critical infrastructure for the people.”

Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the head of Ukrenergo, which is an electricity transmission system operator in Ukraine and the sole operator of the country’s high-voltage transmission lines, said: “The energy facility that provided power supply to the entire right bank of the Kherson region and a significant part of the Mykolaiv region, is practically destroyed.”

Russian soldiers hides under treeline in Ukraine in undated photo. Units of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the support of artillery shot at Russian soldiers in a residential area. (@ua_dshv/Newsflash)

The General Assembly of the United Nations has called for Russia to make reparation to Ukraine. The resolution was approved by the assembly, with 94 of the 193 members approving it.

The Assembly said that Russia “must bear the legal consequences of all of its internationally wrongful acts, including making reparation for the injury, including any damage, caused by such acts.”

The Assembly also said that member states in cooperation with Ukraine should create an international register so they could report claims and evidence against Moscow.

CIA director William Burns met his Russian counterpart, Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, in Turkey’s capital Ankara on Monday to discuss what “the consequences of the use of nuclear weapons by Russia” would be.

Picture shows bodied of Russian soldiers in a residential area in Ukraine in undated photo. Units of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the support of artillery shot at Russian soldiers. (@ua_dshv/Newsflash)

The move is part of ongoing efforts from the US to “communicate with Russia on managing risk” and to discuss “unjustly detained US citizens”, according to US National Security Council.