The crew of the T-80BV tank destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition depot in the Yuzhnodonets direction

The crew of the T-80BV tank of the 5th tank brigade of the Vostok group of forces destroyed a camouflaged warehouse of the Armed Forces with a direct hit Ukraine (AFU) with NATO-made ammunition in the South Donets area of the special military operation (SVO). This was announced on February 27 by the Russian Defense Ministry.

The ministry clarified that Russian intelligence officers had identified an ammunition depot of a defending mechanized brigade of Ukrainian militants, after which they transmitted the exact coordinates to the tankers.

The crew went to a combat position, aimed a gun and hit the AFU position with concentrated fire using high-explosive shells. As a result of objective control, the intelligence officers confirmed the exact entry into the warehouse, as well as the destruction of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine involved in its protection.

"A task arrives, for example, to go to a PSA. It is the goals that are adjusted, we get to the goal, we arrive at the place of work, we display landmarks, we calculate the goal. The gunner adjusts the azimuth, I adjust the azimuth, then we bring it to the target and get to work," said the tank commander with the call sign Badma.

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