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WAR IN UKRAINE: Russian Troops Blitz Ukrainian Targets With Hurricane Rocket System

This is the moment Russian soldiers send a reconnaissance drone into the sky before setting up their Hurricane multiple-launch rocket system and sending over a volley of missiles at Ukrainian targets.

The Russian military said troops used an Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone to gather information on the enemy’s location before moving their battery of rocket systems into firing position.

After firing a flurry of rockets at Ukrainian targets, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said they destroyed the enemy target.

Combat work of calculations of multiple launch rocket systems ‘Hurricane. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Newsflash)

The Russian MoD said on 31st May: “The Hurricane MLRS battery received the coordinates of discovered fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from operators of the Orlan-10 UAV [unmanned aerial vehicles].

“After receiving the targets, the battery moved into firing position and struck at the camouflaged armoured vehicles and enemy stronghold.

“As a result of the strike, armoured vehicles, manpower and artillery means of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.”

Combat work of calculations of multiple launch rocket systems ‘Hurricane. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Newsflash)

Russian troops invaded Ukraine on 24th February in what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation”. Today marks the 98th day of the campaign.

From 24th February to 1st June, the total combat losses of Russian troops stand at around 30,700 personnel, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian military also claims that Russia has lost 1,361 tanks, 3,343 armoured fighting vehicles, 659 artillery systems, 207 multiple launch rocket systems, 94 anti-aircraft systems, 208 warplanes, 175 helicopters, 2,290 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, 13 vessels, 519 unmanned aerial vehicles, 49 units of special equipment, and 120 cruise missiles.

Combat work of calculations of multiple launch rocket systems ‘Hurricane. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Newsflash)

In recent news, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Russian strikes on a nitric acid tank in the besieged eastern city of Sievierodonetsk “madness”.

Residents of Sievierodonetsk have been warned to remain in bomb shelters and to prepare masks to protect against toxic fumes.

Analysts say up to 70 per cent of the city is now controlled by Russian forces, with almost all critical infrastructure and housing destroyed.

Combat work of calculations of multiple launch rocket systems ‘Hurricane. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Newsflash)

United States President Joe Biden said he will send Kyiv more advanced rocket systems that will help to strike enemy forces from a longer distance.

These rocket systems have double the range of the rocket systems used by Russian forces and are much more accurate.

And European Union leaders reached an agreement to ban 90 per cent of oil imports from Russia, but they remain undecided on gas imports.

Combat work of calculations of multiple launch rocket systems ‘Hurricane. (Ministry of Defense of Russia/Newsflash)

Despite setbacks in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian troops have made advances in Kherson in the south and around Kharkiv in the north-east.

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