Burnt Russian trucks hit the main street of the Ukrainian city of Borodyanka on Thursday after fierce fighting between residents and Russian troops.
The drone footage shows that the city’s main street is clogged with a dozen destroyed trucks and fires that are still smoldering in skeletal tall buildings.
A pile of torn Russian vehicles can be seen in front of the city post office, most burned beyond recognition.
One truck, still looking intact, bears a white “V”, similar to other Russian units in the region.
Down the road, a pile of tall buildings were burned by fire. The rooms, opened by Russian ordinance, spill their contents on the street below. A nine-storey building opposite the community center of the small town is almost torn in two. A small town of 13,000 people, 55 miles northwest of Kyiv, Borodyanka was shelled Wednesday night in front of an approaching column of Russian forces.
Residents remember throwing a pile of Molotov cocktails at Russian vehicles.REUTERS
Drone footage shows the road to destruction after a fierce battle between residents and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine.REUTERS
Residents of Borodyanka, Ukraine claim that Russian armored personnel carriers fired on many buildings.REUTERS
Residents said they had repulsed Russia’s offensive with Molotov cocktails.
“They started firing from their APCs at the park in front of the post office,” a local man told a Reuters reporter on Thursday.
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Map of Russian attacks in Ukraine on Thursday, March 3, 2022
“Then these bastards set fire to the tank and started firing at the supermarket, which was already on fire. It lit up again, “he said.
“An old man ran outside like crazy, with big round eyes and said, ‘Give me a Molotov cocktail!’ I just lit their APC!… Give me some gas, we’ll make a Molotov cocktail and burn the tank! ”
No civilian casualties have been reported so far following a series of Russian attacks in Borodyanka, Ukraine.EPA / ALISA YAKUBOVICH
Russian forces demolish a residential building in Borodyanka, Ukraine. REUTERS / Maxim Levin
It was not immediately clear how many were killed in the shelling or fighting, or Russia’s strategic interest in the city.
Borodyanka is located 28 miles west of Hostomel, which was the scene of fierce battles for control of Antonov Airport.
With postal wires