01:24Mandatory credit: Russian Defence Ministry
Russian military were seen firing 'Grad' MLRS (multiple launch rocket systems) in Kursk region, with the Defence Ministry stating that Ukrainian targets in the area had been destroyed.
Footage from Thursday shows vehicles moving into position and firing. The platoon commander, known by his call sign 'Balu', highlighted the manoeuvrability of the equipment, explaining that his crew were able to conduct strikes and quickly leave the vicinity at any moment.
"At any moment we can leave - and within five minutes hit the enemy, support our advancing units, destroy a cluster of equipment, and work against any target," he noted.
The Ukrainian side had not commented on the claims about the strikes at time of publication, and the location and date of the footage cannot be independently verified.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Hitting back - MLRS Grad launchers 'strike Ukrainian positions' in Kursk region
Russian military were seen firing 'Grad' MLRS (multiple launch rocket systems) in Kursk region, with the Defence Ministry stating that Ukrainian targets in the area had been destroyed.
Footage from Thursday shows vehicles moving into position and firing. The platoon commander, known by his call sign 'Balu', highlighted the manoeuvrability of the equipment, explaining that his crew were able to conduct strikes and quickly leave the vicinity at any moment.
"At any moment we can leave - and within five minutes hit the enemy, support our advancing units, destroy a cluster of equipment, and work against any target," he noted.
The Ukrainian side had not commented on the claims about the strikes at time of publication, and the location and date of the footage cannot be independently verified.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Mandatory credit: Russian Defence Ministry
Russian military were seen firing 'Grad' MLRS (multiple launch rocket systems) in Kursk region, with the Defence Ministry stating that Ukrainian targets in the area had been destroyed.
Footage from Thursday shows vehicles moving into position and firing. The platoon commander, known by his call sign 'Balu', highlighted the manoeuvrability of the equipment, explaining that his crew were able to conduct strikes and quickly leave the vicinity at any moment.
"At any moment we can leave - and within five minutes hit the enemy, support our advancing units, destroy a cluster of equipment, and work against any target," he noted.
The Ukrainian side had not commented on the claims about the strikes at time of publication, and the location and date of the footage cannot be independently verified.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.