Dramatic footage released on Thursday show T-72 tanks and BTR-82 armored personnel carriers
being destroyed on the outskirts of Kyiv as Russian troops suffer “continued losses” at the hands of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
The video shows a column of tanks being ambushed with artillery in the town of Brovary, on the eastern outskirts of Kyiv, with some forced to turn back.
Ukrainian forces claimed the destroyed tanks were Russian, with a commander, Colonel Zakharov, killed during the fighting. This could not be independently verified.
Colonel Andrei Zakharov, commander of a Russian tank regiment, was killed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Brovary area of Kyiv region on March 10, according to media reports. it is worth noting that in 2016, he was awarded the Order of Courage by Vladimir Putin, according to Ukrainian media.
Russian troops were forced to retreat and “move to the defense” as a result of significant losses of personnel and equipment, according to Ukrainian defense intelligence.
In an update on Thursday morning, the UK Ministry of Defense said a large Russian column north-west of the capital had made little progress in over a week.
It said that Russia was facing “continued losses” and that President Vladimir Putin could be forced to draw from “other sources” of personnel because of mounting casualties.
Vadym Denysenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior ministry, said the country’s forces had managed to stop the attack in nearby Irpin, and were counter-attacking on Thursday.
“The night was quite difficult, but in general we can say that the Ukrainian army counterattacked near Kyiv,” he said. “There is no further detailed information yet.”
Russia is encountering fierce resistance as it attempts to advance towards the capital, with Mr Putin’s troops subjecting major Ukrainian cities to heavy bombardment.
In Mariupol, a port city to the south, a maternity hospital was hit on Wednesday, killing three, including a child, according to officials.
In an update on Thursday morning, the UK Ministry of Defence said a large Russian column north-west of the capital had made little progress in over a week.
It said that Russia was facing “continued losses” and that President Vladimir Putin could be forced to draw from “other sources” of personnel because of mounting casualties.
Vadym Denysenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior ministry, said the country’s forces had managed to stop the attack in nearby Irpin, and were counter-attacking on Thursday.
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