THIS is the moment crack Ukrainian commandos stormed a Russian military fortress and drove Vladimir Putin’s troops out after an “intense operation”.
Dramatic footage shows Ukrainian soldiers from the GUR unit engaging in heavy gunfights and brutal hand-to-hand combats with the Russian forces.
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The call of duty-style combat took place at the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant where Kyiv’s troops were able to flush out the Russians after a “complex and intense operation”.
Incredible footage shows killer drones blasting at the fortification to let troops break in before wiping out huge chunks of buildings.
Crack Ukrainian soldiers were seen tossing explosives to clear out rooms inside the facility.
Another clip showed two bold Ukrainian soldiers rolling down grenades to blast their way into an enemy building.
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Bodycam footage shows raiding enemy bunkers and other buildings while returning the enemies with heavy fire.
One first-person clip shows a Ukrainian soldier blasting Russians with what appears to be a handheld lightweight machine gun.
After wiping out all the enemies and taking over the military fortress, two soldiers were seen unfurling a Ukrainian flag to mark their victory.
It comes after daring soldiers from Ukraine’s Third Assault Brigade sparked a brutal counteroffensive after they were deployed in a forest near Kharkiv.
Dramatic footage showed the troops launching the raid at dawn after they were dropped from a military chopper.
Crack soldiers can be seen engaging in heated gunfights as they storm enemy positions camouflaged in the dense forest.
They raid enemy dugouts, storm through the Russian trenches and rescue wounded troops as they move towards the frontlines.
Russian troops on the other side try to thwart the Ukrainian advance using machine guns as they shower them with bullets, but daring Kyiv’s forces continue to move forward and cut off enemy lines.
A brave Ukrainian soldier can be heard saying: “If I get into the trench line, I’ll kill that machine gunner with my bare hands.”
TREMBLING VLAD
Russia controls about 20 per cent of Ukrainian territory and has been advancing in the east, taking control of a series of settlements in a push to seize the entire Donbas region.
In a bold move, Ukraine’s armed forces have been pushing into villages across the Russian border since August 6 amid the first-ever invasion on Russian soil since World War Two.
A trembling Vlad has been left fuming over the continued incursion as he has called on the Kremlin to deploy more troops into Kursk to “kick the enemy out”.
Just one week into the incursion, Kyiv claimed to have captured a formidable 1,000 square kilometres of Russian soil – more than what Putin was able to seize in the past year.
Since the end of 2023, Russia has only managed to steal 994 square kilometres of land inside Ukraine, The Telegraph reports.
Reports vary on the exact figure the Kremlin has been able to seize- but the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) gives Putin credit for taking over 1,100 square miles around Donetsk.
But Moscow has also lost hundreds of thousands of troops on the battlefield in this time with – many killed or severely wounded, according to Ukrainian military estimates.
The number of casualties continue to rise in Kursk with Putin’s men struggling to halt the Ukrainian advance.
It’s estimated the Ukrainians have also captured thousands of their rival soldiers in the staggering surge.
Experts have previously told The Sun how Ukraine’s Kursk invasion was a brilliant military move – and how the siege could spark the end of the war.
Zelensky’s ‘Victory Plan’
By Sayan Bose, Foreign News Reporter
UKRAINIAN president Volodymyr Zelensky is set to present his “Victory Plan” in Washington this week during his visit to the US for the UN General Assembly.
He intends to present it to the US Congress both the US presidential candidates set to contest in the upcoming November elections: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Zelensky has said very little so far about his “victory plan”, except that it would act as a “bridge” to Ukraine’s next steps to restore peace in the region.
He wrote on Telegram: “Now, at the end of the year, we have a real opportunity to strengthen cooperation between Ukraine and the United States.
“Decisive action now could hasten the just end of Russian aggression against Ukraine next year.”
Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s chief of staff, said that the plan included accelerated Nato membership for Ukraine, something Moscow says it will never tolerate.
Zelensky is also expected to ramp up efforts to get a green light on striking Western missiles deep inside Russia under his plan to victory.
The Ukrainian leader has publicly urged the UK and US to allow Ukraine to attack targets in Russia using long-range missiles.
Ukraine’s ambassador pleaded with Sir Keir Starmer to let UK-made Storm Shadow missiles be fired over the border to strike Russia.
He told Labour’s conference: “If Russia fires missiles at any targets in Ukraine it’s Ukraine’s right to respond in kind by hitting military targets within Russia. It’s the principle of self-defence.”
The Foreign Secretary refused to confirm if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will soon be given the go-ahead to fire Western weapons.
Earlier in the month, Mr Antony Blinken said the UK and the US would “look and listen” to Ukraine’s request to lift restrictions on firing at Russia – which risked the wrath of Putin.
He was set to report back to Joe Biden and Sir Keir Starmer who were due to meet in Washington to discuss the matter.
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