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What to know after Day 878 of Russia-Ukraine war

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RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE

Russian thermobaric weapons thwart Ukrainian attack

New drone footage shows TOS-1A Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) strikes on Ukrainian positions in Volchansk, Kharkov Region, according to a Telegram channel allegedly run by Russian forces from the north grouping, which is primarily responsible for combat operations there.

The video was reportedly taken in eastern Volchansk earlier this week when two groups of Kiev’s shock troops moved out to attack Russian positions, the Telegram channel North Wind wrote on Saturday. They posted infrared camera drone footage of the Russian MLRS systems striking the Ukrainian positions with thermobaric munitions.

The TOS-1A is a heavy short-range 220-mm MLRS on a T-72 tank chassis, classified in Russia as a “heavy flamethrower.” Volchansk is a small town in the Kharkov region near the border with Russia, some 60 km from the regional capital, Kharkov.

The Russian Defense Ministry has not yet authenticated the footage but reported in their daily briefing on Saturday that Army Group North has struck Ukrainian forces in several settlements along the line of contact in the Kharkov region. It added that overall, Kiev’s daily losses amounted to up to 1,895 service members.

The offensive is part of a wider operation to push Ukrainian troops further away from the Russian border to prevent Kiev’s systematic shelling and drone attacks on the Belgorod Region.

Just last week, a Ukrainian drone dropped an explosive device on a residential courtyard in the town of Shebekino, injuring five children, one of whom died in the hospital on Friday. According to the region’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the strike was a deliberate attack on children, as “there were no military installations at the site and no soldiers, just five boys, one of whom was only eight years old.”

Moscow intends to form a “buffer zone”between Russian cities and Ukrainian troops to prevent such attacks, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In May, he stated that the Kharkov offensive was not aimed at capturing the city but was merely a necessary reaction to Kiev’s continued shelling of Russian civilians.

 

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE

Russia attempts fifth drone attack on Kyiv in two weeks, Ukraine's military says

Russia launched its fifth drone attack on Kyiv in two weeks with Ukraine's air defence systems destroying all the air weapons before they reached the Ukrainian capital, Ukraine's military said on Sunday.

There were no casualties and no immediate damage reported, Serhiy Popko, head of the Ukrainian capital's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.

"These systematic attacks... with drones, once again prove that the invader is actively looking for an opportunity to strike Kyiv," Popko said. "They're testing new tactics, looking for new approach routes to the capital, trying to expose the location of our air defence."

The size of the attack was not immediately clear.

There was no immediate comment from Russia about the attack.

 

RT/Reuters

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