An anti-tank missile system (ATGM) team consisting of Russian paratroopers defeated an infantry group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemovsk region. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, it writes RIA News.
According to information from the defense ministry, near Artemovsk, reconnaissance units of the airborne troops (Air Force) noticed a group of Ukrainian infantrymen advancing towards the positions of the Russian army. After detection, spotters immediately transmitted the data to the ATGM crew.
“With a well-aimed launch of a guided missile from an anti-tank missile system, he destroyed an armed group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the publication says.
Russian Armed Forces Sergeant Yuri Shcherbakov, who was previously awarded the title of Hero of Russia, said, how he saved neighboring units from the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The distinguished military man was awarded the Gold Star medal for the destruction of nine tanks, four armored personnel carriers (APCs), 12 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), four trucks carrying military supplies, two platoon strongpoints and more than 100 Ukrainian fighters during an attack. special operation of its crew.
Previously to Russian troops reached Armored vehicles undergoing major repairs.