Big Blow From Ukraine to Russia: Russian Armored Vehicles Have been Blown Up!

Welcome to the TDTV channel. Like and subscribe to support us. Russian armor BMP-3 destroyed in Zaporizhia Oblast by Ukrainian artillery attack. A new video posted to social media on Wednesday morning featured a burning Russian BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle, IFV, that came under Ukrainian fire in the vicinity of Dolinka in the Zaporizhia Oblast near Europe's largest nuclear power plant. The Russian troop carrier may have taken evasive actions as it was targeted, as tracks could be seen on the ground that suggested the driver had attempted to change course. The destroyed vehicle was seen in a largely open field with little cover. It is likely that the drone that recorded the 42-second-long footage posted by Ukraine Weapons Tracker at UA Yupapon's had played a role in relaying the coordinates and even movements of the vehicle to Ukraine's artillery. The exact coordinates used to take out the vehicle is unclear, but it is evident that the Ukrainians scored a direct hit. No survivors could be seen in the video. It would be another victory of sorts for the Ukrainians, especially as the BMP-3 is among the most modern armored vehicles in service on the front lines today. It is also one of the basic types of light armor employed by the Russian Army today. However, to date, at least 235 of the late Cold War era platforms have been destroyed, captured, or abandoned. That would be nearly a third of the total of 760 that Russia had in its arsenal at the start of the war just over a year ago. The BMP-3, which entered service in 1987, first saw action with Russian forces during the First Chechen War 1994-96, while export models employed with United Arab Emirati forces were utilized in peacekeeping operations during the Kosovo War. As noted, a significant number of the IFVs have been destroyed in Ukraine, with many targeted by drones, a fact that has led some analysts to suggest that traveling to the front in these carriers is essentially climbing into a death trap. New Ukraine footage shows drones killing four Russian tanks. The Ukrainian National Security Service announced an attack to destroy a convoy of Russian military vehicles in the Volodar area of Donetsk. In a video released on March 23, the Ukrainian National Security Service, SSU, stated that its special forces carried out several attacks, which resulted in the destruction of many pieces of Russian military equipment. Among them, an attack near the city of Volodar in Donetsk destroyed a convoy of military vehicles, including three T-72B tanks, one T-72B-3 tank, one IMR-2M combat engineer vehicle, and a BMP-2 IFV armored personnel carrier of Russia. At the end of the 48-second long clip, all six of the vehicles are left as burned-out hulks. The authenticity of the footage hasn't been confirmed, and it is unclear when the footage was recorded. It has been highly edited, and the video captures the scene from multiple perspectives, but what is clear is that unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs, loitering over the armored vehicles during the strikes, and the wrecks are seen in much the same position. The T-72B weighs 44.5 tons, is 6.95 meters long, over 2.2 meters high, and has a crew of three. This is a variant of the legendary T-72 tank, the main battle tank version that once made waves in the Soviet Army. Later, Russia continued to improve the T-72B into many versions, including the T-72B-3, T-90, and still in use today. The T-72B-3 variant is said to have nearly the same power as the T-90 supertank when equipped with relict explosive reactive armor, advanced firepower control system, and turbocharged diesel engine. According to the SSU, over the past five days, the Alpha Special Operations Group has eliminated 14 tanks for armored personnel carriers, an engineering vehicle, an ammunition depot, and two Russian strongpoints from the battlefield. One other notable point is that the destroyed vehicles actually included an Insignia Mashina Razgrazdeniya clearing engineering vehicle, also known as an IMR-2M combat engineering vehicle, a platform built on AT-72 MBT chassis where the turret is replaced with a rotating multipurpose telescopic crane. In addition to helping recover damaged vehicles, it can clear rubble and be used to set up sections of bridges. The presence of the IMR-2 suggests that Russian forces had attempted to recover the T-72s or BMP-2 IFV. The crew may have come under fire from Ukrainian forces, which halted the recovery efforts. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, within a year from the day Russia conducted its special military campaign, Moscow lost about 235 T-72B-3 tanks and 207 T-72B tanks. Ukraine launches attack to set fire to Russian low-altitude assassin Strela-10 Ukrainian Special Operations Forces, SSO, employed a small commercial drone to drop an undisclosed ordnance on a Russian 9K35 Strela-10, a Soviet-designed highly mobile short-range surface-to-air missile, SAM, system. The command of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the equipment was hit in the southern direction. A video on Wednesday highlighted the exact moment a drone dropped ordnance on a Russian air defense system. An enormous explosion could be seen, while a second drone showed the carnage as the vehicle was reduced to a burned-out halt. The 40-second long clip, posted by a Ukraine weapons tracker at UA Weapons, was reported to have been recorded in the Kursan Oblast, the scene of intense fighting in recent months. A Ukrainian Special Operations Forces, SSO, employed a small commercial drone to drop an undisclosed ordnance on a Russian 9K35 Strela-10, a Soviet-designed highly mobile short-range surface-to-air missile, SAM, system. It is also known by Western analysts as the SA-13 Gopher. The platform first entered service in the mid-1970s. It is operated by a crew of three. While missiles are visually aimed, the Strela-10 is equipped with electro-optical guidance and can use its radars for target acquisition and range. The air defense system can engage aircraft, helicopters, drones, and other visual air targets at low altitudes. Some vehicles have a pental-mounted PKT 7.62mm machine gun in front of the forward hatch for local protection. The destroyed Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system controlled the airspace through the optical and electronic system to detect air targets at low altitudes. The system is based on a 934 combat vehicle, which is built on an amphibious MTLB chassis. Special Operations Forces destroyed Russian ZUPARK-1M radar. Operators of the Special Operations Forces, SOF, destroyed the ZOA Park-1 counter-battery radar of the Russian Army, according to SOF Press Service. During aerial reconnaissance in the Donetsk direction, the SOF unit spotted the Russian reconnaissance and fire control radar. It constantly changed position, so Ukrainian UAVs pursued enemy equipment for some time. According to the authors of the video, the 1L220 ZUPARK-2 counter-battery radar was recorded on the frames. However, such allegations are doubtful since ZUPARK-2 were manufactured in Ukraine after the collapse of the USSR. They were also never exported to Russia. The most likely candidate is a visually similar Russian ZUPARK-1M counter-battery radar developed at Strela Design Bureau that is based in the Russian city of Tula. Aerial reconnaissance transmitted the coordinates of the location of the counter-battery radar to one of the units of the Defense Forces and its military successfully hit enemy equipment. This is not the first case of the destruction of the Russian ZUPARK-1M radar. In January this year, Ukrainian gunners using the HIMARS multiple rocket launcher destroyed the Russian 1L261 radar. On February 19, 2023, one more destroyed Russian ZUPARK-1M radar was discovered in the Kursan region. ZUPARK-1M is the Russian reconnaissance and fire control radar developed by Tula-Strela Enterprise. First made public in 2013, the system is equipped with a passive electronically scanned array radar. It is designed to effectively counteract artillery and missile systems by detecting their positions while firing. The radar can also be used to adjust the fire of friendly artillery. According to the manufacturer, ZUPARK-1M is able to detect the position of 152-155mm howitzer at a distance of up to 23 km with an accuracy of up to 40 m and multiple rocket launchers at a distance of no more than 45 km with an accuracy of up to 50 m. The 1L261 radar is based on a GM-5955 universal track chassis produced by the Medischensky machine building plant. The crew of the radar consists of three people, a driver, a radar operator, and a commander. A HIMARS missile fragment sliced through half of a Kevlar helmet. Volunteers participating in the Joint Forces Operation, JFO, have published video footage of the aftermath of a HIMARS rocket launcher fragment hitting a Kevlar helmet. Despite the relatively small size of the fragment, it literally sliced through the Kevlar helmet, which has caused serious outrage among the volunteer formations. In their video, the volunteers demonstrate the effects of the Kevlar helmet being damaged by a HIMARS missile fragment. Despite the fact that the volunteers clearly do not share the protective properties of the Kevlar helmet, experts point out the fact that it worked successfully, protecting the soldier's head. Without the protective helmet, the injured person would almost certainly have died. Experts note that in the video footage, it is indeed possible to see a HIMARS missile fragment. However, it is not a combat lethal element the fragment captured on video is just a missile shell fragment, which makes it objectively impossible to assess the protective functions of the helmet. Russian factory that makes nuclear missile engines catches fire. A fire has broken out on the territory of a Russian factory that manufactures equipment for the Russian army, according to state media reports. Seven people have been rescued from a burning building and firefighters are still searching for the source of the blaze at the Yaroslavl Motor Plant in Yaroslavl, Russia, which describes itself on its website as one of Russia's largest enterprises producing multi-purpose diesel engines, clutches, gearboxes, and spare parts. The Russian Emergencies Ministry was quoted by state-run news agency TASS as saying that fire departments were alerted to the blaze at 1.30 p.m. local time. Photos circulating on social media show plumes of thick black smoke rising into the sky. According to local media reports, there was an explosion prior to the fire. The ministry said seven people were rescued from the burning building by firefighters, another 218 were evaluated by the administration of the facility. The fire is currently contained. The Yaroslavl Motor Plant says on its website that more than 300 models of vehicles and special-purpose products in Russia and Belarus are equipped with the engines it manufactures. Russian blogger and analyst Anatoly Nezmiyan said on his Telegram channel that something quite serious is on fire at the factory, though did not elaborate on what that could be. Nezmiyan described the factory as one of the largest manufacturers of engines and gearboxes for equipment belonging to the Russian Army, including engines for Topol-M nuclear missile launchers. According to the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Topol-M is a Russian solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 11,000 kilometers, 6,835 miles. The incident is the latest in a string of mysterious fires in Russia since President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. On Monday, a Russian anti-Putin partisan movement called Black Bridge claimed responsibility for last week's fire at a building used by Russia's Federal Security Service, FSB, in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don near the Ukraine border. Black Bridge, one of several partisan movements in Russia, called the FSB a stronghold of hypocrisy, violence and injustice in a Telegram post about the March 16th blast and blaze. The fire at the Yaroslavl Motor Plant will likely serve as a blow to Putin, who is pushing to ramp up missile production this year. Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has ordered the doubling of production of precision-guided weapons. Thank you for tuning in to our video. You can click the like to support our TDTV global team and hit that subscribe button now for more great content. We'll catch you at the next one.