Gripping footage has emerged showing Russian troops advancing through thick fog in a convoy of smashed cars, with many doors and windows missing, in scenes comparable to Mad Max.
Video published by the Kyiv Post shows soldiers clinging to wrecked cars and motorcycles rolling along a road littered with debris. A broken drone lies on the side of the road, and the column disappears into the fog.
The video comes as Moscow forces claim new gains in the Ukrainian city of Kupyansk, where Russian troops say they have seized a number of railway stations and an oil depot on the eastern outskirts of the city.
The commander, using the call sign “Hunter,” said elements of the 1486th Motorized Rifle Regiment had advanced deeper into the city and taken control of stops along the Kupyansk-Vuzlovy railroad, about four miles south of the center.
He added that fighting continues in the area of the nearby Kupyansk-Sortuvalny station.
Russia uses pincer movements in an attempt to encircle the Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region and Kupyansk in Kharkov region, although on Monday Ukraine said it had delivered supplies to Mirnograd, east of Pokrovsk.
Russian military bloggers published unverified video on Tuesday that they said showed Russian troops entering Pokrovsk along a road shrouded in fog or mist.
Gripping footage has emerged of Russian troops advancing through thick fog in a convoy of smashed cars, with many doors and windows missing, in scenes comparable to Mad Max.
Video published by the Kyiv Post showed soldiers clinging to wrecked cars and motorcycles rolling along a road littered with debris.
The video comes as Moscow's forces announced new gains in the Ukrainian city of Kupyansk, where Russian troops say they have captured a number of train stations and an oil depot on the eastern outskirts of the city.
Reuters was unable to immediately verify the location of the video or when it was filmed.
The video shows Russian soldiers on motorcycles and in a strange assortment of cars and other vehicles, many without doors or windows, driving along a road littered with debris as soldiers watch from the side of the road.
Some were sitting on the roofs of wrecked cars, and a drone was seen near the road.
Ukraine's top military commander, Alexander Sirsky, told the New York Post that Russia is massing about 150,000 troops in an attempt to capture Pokrovsk, with mechanized groups and marine brigades participating in the offensive.
Syrsky added that Ukrainian forces are using built-up urban areas to limit the advance of Russian troops and are confronting Russian sabotage units.
It comes as Ukraine struggled to turn on its lights and heating again on Sunday after Russian attacks targeted energy infrastructure and the state electricity supplier said its generating capacity had been cut to “zero”.
Moscowwhich has stepped up attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure in recent months, launched hundreds of drones at energy facilities across the country on Saturday night.
Reuters was unable to immediately verify the location of the video or when it was filmed.
The video shows Russian soldiers on motorcycles and in a strange assortment of cars and other vehicles, many without doors or windows, driving along a road littered with debris as soldiers watch from the side of the road.
Some were sitting on the roofs of wrecked cars, and a drone was seen near the road.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian attacks on Russia's own infrastructure have left more than 20,000 people without power in regions bordering Ukraine, local authorities said.
The Russian attacks disrupted supplies of electricity, heat and water in several cities, and state energy company Centrenergo warned that its generating capacity had “reached zero”.
“An unprecedented number of missiles and countless drones—several per minute—were aimed at the same thermal power plants that we rebuilt after the devastating attack in 2024,” Centrenergo said in a statement.
Most parts of Ukraine will lose power for between eight and 16 hours a day on Sunday while repairs are carried out and power sources are redirected, state transmission system operator Ukrenergo said.
Ukraine's energy minister called it “one of the most difficult nights” since Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
