WAR IN UKRAINE: Ukraine’s 17th Tank Brigade Destroys Russian Tanks With Artillery Fire

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

This footage purports to show Ukraine’s 17th Tank Brigade destroying Russian tanks with artillery fire.

The images, which appear to have been shot by a drone, show a long line of fortified Russian positions that include tanks hidden among some trees. At least three can be seen in the footage.

A series of explosions targeting the area sends black smoke into the sky, with Ukrainian forces saying that they had destroyed a number of Russian tanks.

Land forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claim that the fighters from the 17 separate tank Kryvyi Rih brigade destroyed Russian military equipment in Ukraine. (@UkrainianLandForces/Newsflash)

It is unclear where exactly in Ukraine the images were shot but they were obtained from the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who said that the 17th Tank Brigade had “destroyed the occupiers”.

Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February in what the Kremlin is calling a “special military operation” to “liberate the Donbass”. Today marks the 114th day of the invasion.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between 24th February and 17th June, Russia had lost about 33,150 personnel, 1,456 tanks, 3,563 armoured combat vehicles, 734 artillery units, 233 multiple launch rocket systems, 97 air defence systems, 215 warplanes, 180 helicopters, 593 drones, 129 cruise missiles, 13 warships, 2,496 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 55 units of special equipment.

Land forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claim that the fighters from the 17 separate tank Kryvyi Rih brigade destroyed Russian military equipment in Ukraine. (@UkrainianLandForces/Newsflash)

Washington has told China it risks ending up on the “wrong side of history” following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s assurance to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Beijing supports Russian “sovereignty”.

Thousands of civilians remain trapped in the key eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, where the water supply is reported to be dwindling. Hundreds of civilians are taking shelter in the bunkers beneath the city’s Azot chemical plant.

Luhansk Oblast governor Serhiy Haidai said earlier this week that all three bridges into Sievierodonetsk had been destroyed, making delivering supplies and evacuating civilians impossible.

Land forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claim that the fighters from the 17 separate tank Kryvyi Rih brigade destroyed Russian military equipment in Ukraine. (@UkrainianLandForces/Newsflash)

United States President Joe Biden has promised Kyiv another USD 1 billion in security assistance and weapons. And US General Mark Milley says Russia has lost around 20 to 30 per cent of its armoured force during the ongoing invasion.

Former Russian president and staunch Vladimir Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev has derided French, German and Italian leaders visiting the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as “fans of frogs, liverwurst and spaghetti”.

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi arrived in the Ukrainian capital by train from Poland for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday, 16th June.

Land forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claim that the fighters from the 17 separate tank Kryvyi Rih brigade destroyed Russian military equipment in Ukraine. (@UkrainianLandForces/Newsflash)

On 8th June, the European Parliament 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.