Lviv paratroopers neutralize Russian munitions warehouse
Soldiers with the 80th separate airborne assault brigade have neutralized a Russian munitions warehouse.
The brigade shared the video on Facebook, Espreso.West reported.
"Fire show from the 80 separate airborne assault brigade," Lviv fighters described the results of their work.
The footage shows a Russian warehouse with munitions burning. Ukrainian defenders neutralized it with an accurate artillery strike.
Reference. The 80th Separate Assault Brigade is a military unit of the Assault Troops of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Based in Lviv.
In the early 1990s, the unit was a training center, later reorganized into a brigade. In 1990-2000s, it participated in international exercises and peacekeeping missions.
In the spring of 2014, it was among the first to repel Russian aggression, and units were sent to Ukraine's northeastern borders. The brigade's servicemen took part in the first battle of the war in Donbas: on April 13, 2014 near Semenivka, later they took part in the battles for Slovyansk. Other units of the brigade were stationed in the Luhansk region, where they fought in the area of Metalist, Georgiyivka and Lutuhyne, Luhansk airport, Novosvitlivka and Khryashchuvate. In the fall of 2014, the brigade's fighters were ambushed near Vesela Hora, and later took part in the battles for the 32nd checkpoint.
In 2016, the brigade was reorganized into an airborne assault and received a tank unit.
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