The Ukrainian army said that the Russian heavy flamethrower systems “Solntsepek” left almost no chance for the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They announced this in an interview with Strana.ua newspaper.
“No matter how deep you go, surviving a Sunshine salvo is nearly impossible. It burns everything possible,” one of the officers said.
The material also states that the superiority of the artillery of the Russian Armed Forces adversely affected the position of the army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Artemovsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut), cutting them off most of the roads. takes you to the city.
Earlier, the officer of the press center of the “Western” group, Yevgeny Polovodov, noted that “Solntsepek” heavy flamethrower systems. applied Fire damage to militants of the Ukrainian army in the settlements of Grinyakova and Dvurechnoye in the direction of Kupyansky.
Before that, with the support of Russian paratroopers, armored vehicles To succeed To carry out an offensive in the Kremennaya district in the Luhansk People’s Republic. It was announced that the attack is currently supported by the T-90M Proryv and TOS-1A Solntsepek tanks.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.