Ukraine destroyed seven Russian tanks and 15 “dugours with occupants” alongside the jap entrance line, footage has proven. In a video revealed to Telegram by the nation’s safety service, often known as the SBU, drones captured the second greater than a dozen Russian trench positions have been exploded by kamikaze unmanned aerial autos (UAVs) and missiles, whereas a handful of tanks have been additionally destroyed.

It comes as Ukrainian forces over the weekend focused a number of Russian positions in Donbas, together with an alleged advance of practically a kilometre and a half close to the besieged metropolis of Bakhmut, and additional west in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

As the long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive begins to assemble tempo, the SBU posted a video of their newest profitable assaults on their Telegram.

In the video, a number of Russian positions are seen being blown up whereas roughly seven tanks are additionally seen to be destroyed.

The assaults, carried out over per week, happened west of Donetsk metropolis and within the Zaporizhzhia area, in accordance with geolocators. Another video exhibits a column of Putin’s tanks being destroyed after getting caught on the finish of a street in Zaporizhzhia the place Ukrainian forces have been ready for them.

Both assaults have been carried about by the “White Wolves” unit throughout the SBU, which has been closely concerned in particular operations towards the Russian forces.

In an announcement accompanying the video, the SBU mentioned: “Our soldiers work 24/7 in the hottest spots so that the trenches and fortifications on Ukrainian land become graves for the occupiers.”

They mentioned that in “just one week”, that they had destroyed seven tanks, 15 dugouts with occupations and an unspecified variety of “armoured vehicles, trucks and engineering equipment”.

They added that they have been “working towards complete victory”.

Alongside the second video displaying the tanks being destroyed, nationwide media publication Ukrainska Pravda wrote: “A convoy of military vehicles of the 83rd Brigade of the Russian Airborne Forces came under targeted fire from Ukrainian artillery.”

READ MORE: Putin scrambling to win over Russian public as he's 'aware war isn't going well' [REPORT]

On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned Kyiv's navy had began “counter-offensive and defensive operations”.

Without offering any particulars regarding the navy operation, he mentioned Ukraine's commanders have been “all in a positive mood”, including: “Pass that on to Putin.”

The Russian President a day earlier mentioned he was “absolutely certain” the counteroffensive had begun. “It can be stated with absolute certainty that this offensive has begun,” he mentioned.

However, he claimed that the primary waves of this counterattack had “not achieved” something however the lack of Ukrainian troopers.

Russian milbloggers reported over the weekend that Ukrainian navy advances have been underway in Luhansk Oblast, close to Bilohorivka, a small settlement deep within the area, in accordance with the Institute for the Study of War.

Ukrainian Eastern Group of Forces Spokesperson Colonel Serhiy Cherevaty famous that Ukrainian forces superior as much as 1,400m in unspecified areas of the Bakhmut entrance, and Russian milbloggers reported Ukrainian advances northwest and northeast of Bakhmut.

Additional assaults have been additionally reported by the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) alongside the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia border additional west, notably within the Velyka Novosilka space.

Geolocated footage posted on Saturday additionally indicated that Ukrainian forces in western Zaporizhia Oblast had made localised positive factors throughout counterattacks southwest and southeast of Orikhiv.