Ukrainian border raid used US-made vehicles

HISTORY: The Russian military said on Tuesday May 23 that it had routed militants who had attacked the Russian border region of Belgorod with armored vehicles the day before, killing more than 70 “Ukrainian nationalists” and pushing the others back into Ukraine .

Russian state media released what it said was footage of some of the destroyed vehicles used by pro-Ukrainian fighters.

In a video released by the Russian Ministry of Defense, Reuters was able to confirm the location of the damaged vehicles as the Graivoron border crossing post by buildings, fences, road alignment, terrain and lines of trees, which matched satellite imagery of the area and corroborated video. from the same region.

However, Reuters was unable to independently verify the date the video was taken.