Footage of the destruction of the "Gvozdika" SAU by the AFU in Kharkiv region has been published

On 17 January, the Russian Defence Ministry published footage of the objective control of the destruction of a camouflaged Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Kharkiv Region.

It is specified that the object was identified on the outskirts of one of the settlements of the region.

"After determining and confirming the exact coordinates of the location of the 122-mm SAU of the enemy, a decision was made on the point fire impact," - stated in the message of the agency.

The detected target was first hit by the FPV drone calculation. In addition, the grouping of troops "North" also eliminated the militants.

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On the same day, sniper pairs of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Troops' Ivanovo Guards unit destroyed three "Baba Yaga" type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the AFU overnight and disrupted the enemy's rotation near a refractory plant in the Chasov Yar locality of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR).

The special operation to protect Donbass, the start of which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was made against the backdrop of the aggravated situation in the region.

For more current video and details on the situation in Donbass, see Izvestia TV channel.