Shocking footage has emerged of the moment Ukrainian paratroopers made an extraordinary bid to smash the international border with Russia by driving at full speed in a Kozak 2 armoured vehicle.
They audaciously sought to ram the Kolotilovka checkpoint with Russia’s Belgorod region in an apparent effort to expand the Ukrainian invasion which has already seen Kyiv’s forces seize huge swathes of territory in neighbouring Kursk region.
Reports say the vehicle hit dragon’s teeth barricades and was then attacked by a Russian FPV drone.
Russian artillerymen also unleashed a Krasnopol precision-guided shell at the vehicle.
The Russians branded it a ‘suicide mission’ attack by the fearless Ukrainian troops.
The vehicle is seen making a beeline for the border in this drone footage
They audaciously sought to ram the Kolotilovka checkpoint with Russia’s Belgorod region
The vehicle barrels into the checkpoint between Ukraine and Russia’s Belgorod region
Reports say the vehicle hit dragon’s teeth barricades and was then attacked by a Russian FPV drone
The armoured vehicle was attacked with a drone and explosive shells
Russian reports said those who escaped were quickly ‘eliminated’, while others ‘burned with the vehicle’
Some paratroopers miraculously escaped from the crashed armoured vehicle which is seen in a giant fireball explosion.
‘Barely alive after such a blow, the paratroopers still managed to unload at the entrance to the checkpoint,’ reported one account.
But Russian reports said those who escaped were quickly ‘eliminated’, while others ‘burned with the vehicle’.
At least seven Ukrainian troops are seen on the video.
But there were likely up to 11 in the domestically made Kozak-2.
Ukraine reportedly made several attempts to break through the border into the Belgorod region.
The incident coincides with reports that Russia had repelled Ukrainian efforts to break the border at Kolotilovka.
There were also reports that Ukraine was using tanks against the border.
