A video captured the moment when Ukrainian soldiers shoot a Russian drone in the sky using an American-made Stinger missile.
The footage begins with the missile being launched into the sky before it apparently hit the Russian drone, prompting Ukrainian soldiers to shout enthusiastically “Yeees, yeees!”
The footage then cuts and show what appears to be the remains of the Russian drone being recovered by Ukrainian soldiers.
Here are the images of the Stinger missile hitting the Russian drone:
The images were obtained from the 93.Th Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of Ukraine, also known as the 93.ª Kholodnyi Yar Independent Mechanized Brigade, which was accompanied by a brief d statement that read: “Western weapons in action!”
“Today, in the Izyum district, the troops of the 93.Th Kholodnyi Yar Brigade shot down an ‘Orlan-10’ enemy. The fighters of the artillery and anti-aircraft missile division destroyed the enemy UAV from a distance of three kilometers , they fired using a portable American ‘Stinger’ system”.
“We destroyed the enemy on the ground and in the air! We are cleaning the Ukrainian land of the occupants”, they added.
El Orlan -10 is a Russian military drone used for reconnaissance. The Stinger missile system is an American man-portable air defense system. The United States has provided hundreds of Stinger missiles to Ukraine to help the country defend itself against Russian invaders.
The images and the statement were also transmitted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 in February in what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation.” Friday marks the day 156 of the invasion.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between the 29 February and 29 of July, Russia had lost around 40,500 effective , 1,749 tanks, 3,987 armored fighting vehicles, 900 artillery units, 500 multiple launch rocket systems, 117 air defense systems, 222 fighter jets, 190 helicopters, 731 drones, 174 cruise missiles, 15 warships, 2,870 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 77 special equipment units.
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The United States estimates that Russia has 29, Ukraine war casualties, according to The New York Times