WAR IN UKRAINE: Russian Missile Takes Out Enemy Drone

Story By:  Ana MarjanovicSub-EditorMichael Leidig, Agency:  Newsflash

This slick footage purports to show a Russian anti-aircraft missile system taking out a Ukrainian drone with a single, precision shot.

Newsflash obtained the video from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Russian Federation yesterday (Thursday, 9th June).

The Russian MoD said (in English): “Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile systems of the Airborne Troops in action.

Footage of the anti-aircraft gunners of the Airborne Forces during a special operation in Ukraine in June 2022. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Newsflash)

“Coordinated actions of combat crew ensured timely detection of the air target, its identification as an enemy UAV and its destruction.”

The 9K35 Strela-10 is a Soviet highly-mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile system that is visually aimed and utilises optical/infrared-guidance.

It entered service in 1976 and boasts a number of operators, including the militaries of both Russia and Ukraine.

The Russian MoD did not specify where the footage was filmed.

Footage of the anti-aircraft gunners of the Airborne Forces during a special operation in Ukraine in June 2022. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Newsflash)

Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February in what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation”. Today marks the 107th day of the invasion.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between 24th February and 10th June, Russia had lost 31,900 personnel, 1,409 tanks, 3,450 armoured fighting vehicles, 712 artillery pieces, 222 multiple launch rocket systems, 97 anti-aircraft systems, 212 warplanes, 178 helicopters, 2,438 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, 13 warships, 572 tactical drones, 54 pieces of special equipment and 125 cruise missiles.

More than 1,000 Ukrainian troops captured in Mariupol have been transferred to Russia, according to Russian media. Ukrainian officials estimate that at least 21,000 civilians have been killed in the city.

Two British men, Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, have been sentenced to death by a court in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine after being captured while fighting with the Ukrainian army in Mariupol against Russian troops.

Footage of the anti-aircraft gunners of the Airborne Forces during a special operation in Ukraine in June 2022. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Newsflash)

An aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is losing up to 200 troops a day.

The United Kingdom and the United States are sending long-range missile systems to Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of more attacks in Ukraine if the West sends long-range weapons.

President Putin has said that the West will not be able to wean itself off from Russian oil and gas for years. US officials have now also admitted that Russian profits on energy might even be higher than they were before the war started.

President Zelenskyy has said that Russian attacks on the cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk have turned them into “dead cities”. But he added that Ukrainian forces could still hold Sievierodonetsk despite being outnumbered.

Footage of the anti-aircraft gunners of the Airborne Forces during a special operation in Ukraine in June 2022. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Newsflash)

Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, walked out of a Security Council meeting after his country was blamed by European Council president Charles Michel for triggering a global food crisis.

President Zelenskyy has requested that a corridor be set up so that the country may export grain currently stuck in Ukrainian ports.

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution recommending that the European Union grant Ukraine the status of candidate country for EU membership. Some 438 MEPs voted in favour of the resolution, with 65 voting against and 94 abstaining.