Russian Tank Hits Ukraine Mine, Catches Fire, and Sinks in Water

• A model new video appears to level out a Russian tank hitting a mine, catching on fire, and sinking into water.
• The tank was destroyed by 155-mm distant anti-armor mine ammunition “RAAMS,” said a report.
• The incident comes as Ukraine continues to make good factors throughout the space of Zaporizhzhia.

A new video shared on Telegram appears to level out a Russian tank hit a mine, catch fire, and crash proper right into a physique of water.

Fighters of the forty fourth separate artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian tank with the help of 155-mm distant anti-armor mine ammunition “RAAMS,” per the Telegram channel that posted the video.

Insider reporter Alia Shoaib previously wrote that US-supplied distant anti-armor mines fired in shells have been getting used to destroy Russian tanks.

The incident reportedly occurred all through battles to liberate the settlement of Novoprokopivka.Throughout the video, a Russian tank is seen driving over a mine. It retains transferring forward at velocity, billowing smoke until it crashes proper right into a physique of water and sinking in flames. It’s unclear if any of the tank’s crew escaped.

Insider couldn’t independently verify the video.

Novoprokopivka is throughout the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, south of Robotyne. The region has been a crucial frontline during Ukraine’s counteroffensive. 

Ukraine’s forces have made good factors in Novoprokopivka and the shut by village of Verbove, Euromaidan Press reports.

Geolocated footage revealed on September 26 signifies that Russia not controls a trench line west of Verbove, The Institute for the Study of War reports. The ditch line, better than half a mile prolonged, is roughly  eight miles away from Novoprokopivka.

Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces Commander Brigadier Regular Oleksandr Tarnavskyi well-known that Ukrainian troops have been steadily advancing in southern Ukraine and stated that “there’ll in all probability be good news” throughout the Zaporizhia operational course, nonetheless he didn’t current additional information, per the ISW.

On September 27, Euronews reported that a Kremlin-affiliated military blogger had claimed that Ukrainian forces had reached the northern outskirts of Novoprokopivka.