In the Yuzhnodonets direction, units of the 40th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet engaged a column of Ukrainian armed forces equipment, reporting the destruction and seizure of foreign military hardware. The disclosure came from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The footage shows a U.S. Oshkosh armored vehicle leading the convoy, which was hit by a mine and subsequently forced to retreat. The impact disrupted the formation as the column reeled from the blast.
According to battlefield accounts, a portion of the convoy was disabled by a blast from anti-tank guided missiles, and additional mines struck vehicles along the line. The crew of several vehicles did not survive the engagement, with the survivors and other crews displaying visible distress in the wake of the losses, as described by a frontline assault gunner using the call sign Lavrik.
The division’s commander, Captain Ruslan Kurbanov, a Hero of Russia, assisted in recovering a damaged American platform from the battlefield and conducted a post-engagement assessment. Two wheels on the Oshkosh bore punctures and the vehicle sustained shrapnel damage, which Kurbanov labeled as inadequate in design for such environments.
He noted that electrical systems could fail after shrapnel impacts, preventing the machine from passing diagnostics and causing it to stall. In his assessment, the Russian armed forces either repurpose captured equipment for their own needs or subject it to further examination to understand its capabilities and vulnerabilities.
Official statements from the Russian Ministry of Defense indicate that more than ten thousand military personnel were compensated for losses related to Ukrainian equipment—whether through destruction or seizure—and these figures reflect ongoing efforts to adapt material assets in the field. [Citation: Russian Defense Ministry]