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A Russian commander has been killed by Ukrainian soldiers after a tank convoy was ambushed, according to drone footage.
Dramatic video footage shot from a drone shows the moment a convoy of Russian tanks was hit by Ukrainian shells in Brovary, just to the northeast of the capital Kyiv. The video was posted on Twitter by Bellingcat, an independent international collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists.
A Russian-language commentary, presumably the voice of a Russian soldier reporting back on the ambush, said: "A lot of casualties, ambushed. The commander of the column was killed. Attacked by a drone," according to a Newsweek translation.
The video shows shells landing amid a tight-knit bunch of about two dozen Russian tanks in a residential area and then the tanks milling about in confusion as they try to get out of range. Russian forces are closing in on Kyiv as the invasion enters its third week.
Link to tweet
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-commander-killed-as-tank-convoy-ambushed-drone-footage-shows/ar-AAUTmSB
tblue37
(65,227 posts)niyad
(113,074 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)KS Toronado
(17,154 posts)sarisataka
(18,494 posts)Skybyn, Kyiv, Ukraine about 10km NE of Brovary.
It is quite easy to locate on Google maps and other open source aerial photos; there are distinct roofs in the area.
(The photos were clearly taken months before the invasion)
Kaleva
(36,256 posts)Bunching up like that is what I believe Noobs do.