Russian paratroopers destroyed two infantry fighting vehicles and a howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk border area

Units of the 106th Guards Airborne Tula Division destroyed two infantry fighting vehicles (infantry fighting vehicles) with personnel and a D-20 howitzer of the Armed Forces Ukraine (APU) in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region. This was announced on March 3 by the Russian Defense Ministry.

The ministry clarified that calculations of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) The airborne forces found five Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicles, after which they were immediately attacked. Three cars turned around and drove back, two continued to move and were destroyed with the help of fiber-optic control drones. The Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters, who managed to leave the vehicles, were identified and hit with artillery.

In addition, disguised Ukrainian D-20 weapons were found by Russian military personnel in the area of the forest plantation. He was also successfully eliminated, the Russian Defense Ministry noted.

The set goals were achieved thanks to the precise and well-coordinated work of the brigade of paratroopers, who promptly spotted the enemy and took him by surprise with their strikes.

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