The work of the group of the Eastern Military District in the Kharkiv direction. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 28.The Russian Ministry of Defense showed a battle between units of the Russian Airborne Forces and Ukrainian troops — paratroopers suppress an attempt to recapture their own stronghold by Ukrainian militants. The video shows how paratroopers fire from the occupied Ukrainian trenches against Ukrainian troops retreating into a forest plantation using small arms, including sniper rifles and machine guns, and grenade launchers. As noted in the department, during the offensive, Russian paratroopers, with the support of artillery, suppressed the resistance of a company stronghold of Ukrainian troops, located at an advantageous height, and forced the Ukrainian fighters to leave their positions. Having come to their senses, a unit of Ukrainian troops, with the support of armored vehicles, tried to counterattack and recapture the stronghold. «Russian paratroopers timely revealed the enemy's intentions to counterattack, opened fire from anti-tank weapons, hand grenade launchers and small arms. paratroopers destroyed 2 armored personnel carriers and about 20 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,» the Defense Ministry said.
