Fierce fighting has continued inside Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks, the commander of Ukrainian forces in the plant said, as more civilians fled the city on evacuation buses following weeks of brutal bombardment that have reduced much of it to rubble.
Ukrainian forces were fighting “difficult bloody battles” against Russian troops for a second day, Denys Prokopenko, commander of the Azov regiment, said in a brief video released on Telegram late on Wednesday.
“I am proud of my soldiers who are making superhuman efforts to contain the pressure of the enemy … the situation is extremely difficult,” commander Denis Prokopenko said.
Moment £4m next-generation Russian super-tank with reinforced steel and special automatic defence system is blown up by Ukrainian army just days after making its battlefield debut
This is the moment Ukrainian troops destroy one of Russia’s most advanced tanks which are protected by special reactive armour.
The armour on the T-90M is designed to explode when hit reducing the penetrative power of an incoming round.
The tank is also protected with a automated defence system which fires smoke grenades when it is ‘painted’ by a laser beam used by an incoming missile.
#Ukraine: A Russian Mi-35M attack helicopter was drag out from Dnipro river, #Kyiv Oblast. Highly likely this one was shot down on Day One – and it is also observed on the famous video below.https://t.co/XqODvY6rXH pic.twitter.com/t0xyVMfLd1
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 4, 2022
