The Russian military destroyed a self-propelled artillery installation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR

Russian military personnel destroyed an American self-propelled artillery installation (ACS) M109 "Paladin" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near the village of Zirka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). On June 20, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation publishes footage of combat work.

It is specified that the camouflaged position of military equipment was discovered in a forest plantation by a reconnaissance drone of the 29th Army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. According to the ministry, the gun periodically fired at the settlements of the DPR, as well as at the positions of units of the Russian army.

"Having received the coordinates of the target, the calculation of the FPV drones of the Rubicon Advanced Unmanned Technologies Test Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense hit the enemy's artillery installation with a Lancet kamikaze drone," the report says.

The installation was destroyed. After an accurate strike, smoke with intense burning was observed at the ACS position. Gorenje

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