This is the dramatic moment a Russian soldier engulfed in flames emerges after his tank explodes.
Aerial footage follows the tank as it trundles over multiple land mines in an unspecified location on the Ukrainian battlefield.
The resulting explosion triggers a blast wave that spreads out across the field.
Plumes of smoke suddenly rise from different sections of the tank as it grinds to a halt.
Suddenly a Russian soldier comes into view as he attempts to escape the burning wreckage.
His legs catch on fire as he flees the scene alongside two other crew members.
Ukrainian drone films a Russian tank detonating multiple mines before the crew escapes, one crewmember is on fire, Donetsk region
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The Russian soldier manages to put the fire out as his unit sprints across the field.
It marks yet another humiliating blow for Vladimir Putin as he perpetrates his bloody invasion of Ukraine.
Putin’s forces are getting bogged down in bloody combat as Ukraine attempts to breach through Russian lines as part of its counteroffensive.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed on Tuesday that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the Russian fleet safe bases and secure maritime corridors in the western part of the Black Sea, as Kyiv’s troops look to squeeze the Kremlin’s occupying forces out of the Crimean Peninsula.
Crimea provides rear support for Moscow’s battlefield efforts further west and has been a frequent target for Ukrainian forces during the war since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“The Russian fleet is no longer capable of operating in the western part of the Black Sea and is gradually retreating from Crimea,” Zelensky claimed, without providing evidence.
“This is a historic achievement.”
Ukraine is keen to show that weapons worth billions of dollars supplied by its Western allies have allowed it to make progress in the fighting, as the conflict enters its 21st month amid a broad stalemate.
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With the war poised to extend into another winter and likely deep into next year, Kyiv is pushing its allies to provide it with more military assets. Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, are competing for the world’s attention with the Israel-Hamas war.
Ukraine’s forces are not yet able to strike at any target in Crimea and its waters but that capability is coming closer, Zelensky told a meeting of the Crimea Platform, a diplomatic forum, in Prague via video link. He did not elaborate.
Meanwhile, The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces hit three Ukrainian sea drones in the Black Sea early on Tuesday.
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