Zelensky’s heroes “struck jackpot” as the Russian armour fleet was destroyed, dealing Putin a severe blow

A Russian ammo stockpile, two Hurricane rocket launchers, an armoured personnel carrier, two trucks, and a combat transport, according to the war-torn nation’s Armed Forces, were destroyed by 80 Separate Airborne Assault Brigade DShV ZSU. DShV ZSU broke the jackpot with 80 different airborne assault brigades, it tweeted.

As fires spread throughout an area, video footage shows aerial strikes and massive clouds of smoke billowing.

Express.co.uk was unable to locate the precise location or independently confirm the video.

According to the most recent information from Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, 32,750 Russian military soldiers have been lost since the invasion on February 24.

Express.co.uk was unable to independently confirm the ministry’s claims that Ukraine had downed 213 planes and 1,440 Russian tanks.

Ukraine’s military chief, Valeriy Zaluzhny, claimed on Wednesday that Russia had focused its primary offensive troops in the region of Luhansk and was attempting to attack at once from nine different directions.

He added that Russian troops were deploying planes, rocket-propelled grenades, and artillery in the ongoing tough battle over the Luhansk region.

In an eastern Ukrainian city where a fight has been raging for weeks, the Russian defence ministry accused Ukrainian forces of obstructing attempts to allow civilians to flee a chemical factory.

As part of a larger effort to drive Kyiv forces out of two separatist territories that Russia supports and recognises as independent republics, Moscow’s soldiers are attempting to crush Ukrainian resistance in Sievierodonetsk.

Up to 1,200 civilians, according to Russian-backed separatists, may still be hiding out at the enormous Azot ammonia plant.

To enable residents to flee the plant and enter Russian-controlled territory, Moscow claimed to have provided a humanitarian corridor on Wednesday.

It charged that Ukrainian forces had broken the cease-fire and had been used people as human shields.

There are no barriers to people leaving, according to the ministry, other than the Kyiv authorities’ own decision in principle.

Express.co.uk was unable to independently confirm the assertion, but Ukraine has categorically refuted Russian assertions that it employs civilians as human shields.

About 500 civilians, including 40 children, are still at Azot, according to the governor of the Luhansk area.

The majority of Sievierodonetsk is now in the control of Russian soldiers, according to the British Ministry of Defense’s most recent intelligence report.

The article continued: “Russia’s urban combat strategies, which rely heavily on artillery, have caused significant collateral damage throughout the city.”