Friday 5 August 2022 11:10 AM Dramatic moment 'six Russian commanders are blown up in Ukrainian ambush' trends now
This is the moment six Russian commanders were killed in a Ukrainian ambush, according to one of Kyiv's senior officers.
Dramatic footage captured how a two-vehicle convoy - said to be carrying the Russian top brass back from a meeting - were struck by anti-tank missiles.
Footage, thought to have been captured on the Donbas frontline near Avdiivka, shows how the lead vehicle was blown to smithereens before the second rolled over.
Six Russian commanders and five soldiers were killed in Donbas after Ukraine launched a missile ambush on their convoy, one of Kyiv's colonels says
The video was posted online Friday by Anatonly Shtefan, who is a colonel in the Ukrainian armed forces.
Shtefan, who goes by the online moniker 'Stirlitz', said the strike was carried out on an undisclosed date by troops from the 56th brigade - thought to refer to the 56th Motorized Brigade.
According to Ukraine's ministry of defence, the 56th Motor is currently in action around Avdiivka, located a few miles north of the Russian-held city of Donetsk.
The 56th used to be based in Mariupol until the city fell to Russian forces in May.
Shtefan wrote: 'The Russian commanders were on their way back from a meeting.
'This time, our glorious soldiers were waiting for them.
'Six Russian commanders and five soldiers were official de-Nazified and demilitarized [killed.] Glory to Ukraine!'
It comes after Lieutenant Colonel Olga 'Kursa' Kachura, 52, who was Ukrainian-born but fought for Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine's east, was confirmed killed.
Colonel Anatonly Shtefan posted the footage online, saying the Russian commanders were heading back to base from a meeting when the ambush took place
Footage shows the first vehicle was blown up by a missile while the second rolled over, with all
