The Russian military quickly announced on the night of Sunday to Monday that its forces had repelled a “large-scale offensive” by the Ukrainian military in Donbas, AFP reports. In the meantime, a video appeared, taken probably from a drone, on which Ukrainians are allegedly attacked by several armored combat vehicles.

Images posted on social media show a geolocation assault that allegedly took place on Sunday afternoon near the town of Velika Novosilka, about 70 kilometers southwest of Donetsk.

Drone footage shows several armored vehicles and multiple explosions, likely from artillery fire.

It is not clear from the footage how the videotaped attack ended.

At the same time, the movement of troops in the area of ​​the city of Novodarivka, just a few kilometers from the place where, according to the Russians, they repelled the Ukrainian counteroffensive was confirmed and filmed. The footage shows several tanks facing each other, one of which is hit by an anti-tank missile and then explodes.

Who owns the damaged tanks is unknown.

On the other hand, some Russian military bloggers claim that Ukrainians managed to advance in the Novodarivka area, but then Russian troops regained control of the city.

Russia claims to have repelled a major Ukrainian offensive in Donbas

“On the morning of June 4, the enemy launched a major offensive on five sections of the front in the southern direction of Donetsk region. The enemy did not achieve his goal, he did not succeed,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

Six mechanized battalions and two tank battalions took part in the offensive, the military department added.

In a video published by the ministry on Telegram, it can be seen how Ukrainian armored vehicles allegedly destroyed by Russian troops were taken from the air.

According to Reuters, the ministry claims that Russian forces killed 250 Ukrainian soldiers and destroyed 16 tanks and more than 20 armored vehicles, News.ro notes.