A new video posted on social media shows a group of 12 Russian soldiers being blown apart by Ukrainian artillery fire after they took shelter in a house where they believed they were safe.

Russian soldiers were eliminated by one shot of Ukrainian artilleryPhoto: video shooting

The more than two-minute video shows Russian soldiers casually walking towards a building believed to be used as a barracks or base of operations with no sign of danger.

The footage, shot by Ukrainians from a drone and then presented almost professorially, most likely by the Ukrainian military, shows how Kyiv gunners coordinated with aerial reconnaissance and surveillance forces, waiting for all Russian soldiers to enter the building before striking it.

The footage reaffirms the importance of using drones on the modern battlefield, reminiscent in this respect of another footage that appeared on social media at the end of November, which captured how only two Ukrainian soldiers managed to repel an attack by a vastly outnumbered group of Wagner mercenaries. who had no information about the enemy’s position and retreated, apparently thinking that they encountered a much larger force.

This footage was independently geolocated as it was shot in Ozaryanivka, a village southwest of the strategic city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.

On November 30, the Russian military announced that they had “liberated” Ozaryanivka and two more Ukrainian villages near Bakhmut, Bilogorivka and Andriivka.

Are the Russian military stuck near Bakhmut?

In its assessment of the Ukraine conflict on Sunday, the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said the pace of Russian troop advances in the Bakhmut area had likely slowed in recent days, but warned it was too early to assess whether Wagner’s mercenary-led offensive to capture the city has already reached its peak.

ISW notes that Russian military bloggers “acknowledged that Ukraine was able to somewhat slow down the pace of the Russian advance around Bakhmut and its surrounding settlements,” with one claiming that Ukrainian forces had pushed mercenaries from the Russian Wagner company into their positions. happened a few days ago.

Earlier, Ukrainian sources on social media claimed that Kyiv troops completely pushed out Russian troops from the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut around Wednesday.

On Saturday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that over the past day, Russian troops have attacked dozens of settlements near the city of Bakhmut with tanks, mortars, guns and artillery.

“In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy opened fire with tanks, mortars, guns and rocket artillery on 25 settlements, including Spirne, Berestov, Soledar, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Chasiv Yar, Stupochki, Bila Gora, Diliivka and Opytne of the Donetsk region. “, he said in a daily update posted on Facebook.

This area of ​​Donetsk Oblast in Donbas is the scene of a bitter struggle between Ukrainian forces trying to secure the town of Bakhmut and gain a foothold in the east, and Russian forces who have been attacking for months to try to capture it.

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