Shocking footage has emerged of the moment Ukrainian paratroopers made an extraordinary attempt to breach the international border with Russia by driving at full speed in a Kozak 2 armoured vehicle.
They attempted to brutally ram the Kolotilovka checkpoint in Russia’s Belgorod region, apparently in an attempt to expand the Ukrainian invasion, in which Kiev’s forces have already captured large parts of the neighboring region of Kursk.
According to reports, the vehicle collided with dragon teeth and was subsequently attacked by a Russian FPV drone.
Russian artillerymen also fired a precision-guided grenade at the vehicle.
The Russians called it a “suicide mission” by the intrepid Ukrainian troops.
This drone footage shows the vehicle driving in a straight line towards the border
They attempted to brutally ram the Kolotilovka checkpoint in Russia’s Belgorod region
The vehicle enters the checkpoint between Ukraine and Russia’s Belgorod region
According to reports, the vehicle hit the Dragon’s Teeth barricades and was then attacked by a Russian FPV drone
The armored vehicle was attacked with a drone and explosive grenades
According to Russian reports, the escapees were quickly “eliminated,” while others were “burned with the vehicle”
Several paratroopers miraculously escaped from the crashed armored vehicle, which can be seen in a huge fireball explosion.
“The paratroopers were barely alive after such a blow, but still managed to unload at the entrance to the checkpoint,” one report said.
But Russian reports say those who managed to escape were quickly “eliminated,” while others “burned along with the vehicle.”
The video shows at least seven Ukrainian soldiers.
But there were probably a maximum of 11 in the domestically produced Kozak-2.
Ukraine is said to have made several attempts to breach the border with the Belgorod region.
The incident is consistent with reports that Russia has repelled Ukrainian attempts to breach the border at Kolotilovka.
There were also reports that Ukraine would deploy tanks against the border.
This comes after more than 100 Russian soldiers surrendered en masse to Ukraine, claiming that their commanders abandoned them.
An entire group laid down their arms and were taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces in Vladimir Putin’s Kursk region.
A total of 102 people held up the white flag in the largest mass surrender in the brutal war between Russia and Ukraine.
The images will be seen as a huge humiliation for Kremlin dictator Putin and as the result of his foolishness in sending untrained men and young conscripts to the front.
“More than 100 Russians who were abandoned by their commanders made the right decision and surrendered,” according to the Ukrainian media Want to Live, which aims to bring about surrender.
‘They can be understood. It is difficult to conduct military operations when you are controlled by tyrants and embezzlers, and the flanks are ‘covered’ by [Chechen leader Ramzan] Kadyrov’s bandits, who abandon everything and everyone just to avoid being caught themselves.
This comes after more than 100 Russian soldiers surrendered en masse to Ukraine, claiming their commanders have abandoned them.
Several soldiers sat on the ground with blindfolds on after surrendering
More than a hundred Russian soldiers surrendered to Ukraine in the Kursk region on August 14, 2024
The Russian soldiers surrendered to Ukraine in the western Kursk region of Russia
‘And thanks to [Russian] General [Alexander] Lapin, who helps us to successfully advance in the Kursk region, just as in 2022 in the Kharkov region, for the defense of which he was responsible.’
He was Putin’s controversial candidate for deputy commander of the land forces and head of the Leningrad military district, and many pro-war supporters saw him as incompetent.
The Telegram channel Pravda Gerashchenko reported: ‘Their commanders fled, so a group of fighters decided to save their lives and surrender to the Ukrainian armed forces.’
The prisoners were to help Ukraine return prisoners of war held by Russia.
Yan Matveyev, a Russian military analyst, said the losses were serious for Russia. “Imagine, in the video a quarter of an entire motorized rifle battalion is captured. A very serious blow to combat readiness.”
