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Ukraine’s Lasar’s Group strikes deep in Russian territory, destroys 13 vehicles (video)

Ukraine’s Lasar’s Group strikes deep in Russian territory, destroys 13 vehicles (video) Ukrainian Armed Forces (Photo: Getty Images)

In the Luhansk region, a unit of Lasar’s Group of the Ukrainian National Guard destroyed 13 Russian vehicles in a single operation.

The crews of Lasar’s Group heavy bombers carried out a lightning-fast special operation deep behind enemy lines. The result: 13 units of expensive enemy equipment, prepared for attacks on Ukrainian positions, were eliminated.

Aerial reconnaissance by Lasar’s Group detected a concentration of equipment in the sectors of responsibility of Russia’s 3rd and 10th Army Corps. The enemy tried to hide artillery and command posts far behind the front line, but Ukrainian National Guard drones located the targets.

Night crews of the heavy bombers carried out a series of precision strikes, turning scarce examples of Russian weaponry into scrap.

Enemy losses

Among the destroyed equipment were some of the most dangerous systems harassing Ukrainian defenders:

  • TOS-1A Solntsepyok (1 unit) and its transport-loading vehicle;
  • 2S7 Pion self-propelled artillery (3 units) — powerful, large-caliber guns;
  • Command and staff vehicle (1 unit) — disrupting the unit’s command system;
  • Armored vehicles (7 units).

Why this matters

By destroying the charging points for the Solntsepyok systems and the artillery platoon, the intensity of shelling on the front line has significantly decreased. This directly affected the enemy’s offensive potential in two sectors of Luhansk.

“A carefully planned operation allowed us to secure our positions and eliminate equipment the enemy considered untouchable,” the unit reported.