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In a moment captured on video, Ukrainian soldiers heavily bombed a wooded area where Russian personnel and equipment were gathered.
The images were obtained from the 40th Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
The 40th Artillery Brigade, which is named after Grand Duke Vytautas and is an artillery formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, said Friday: "Have you been waiting for a long time? Hold on!"
The footage shows a series of explosions in a wooded area as the blaze intensifies and Russian ammunition pops off like fireworks.
Zenger News contacted Russian and Ukrainian officials for comment, but had not received a reply at the time of writing.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, a huge fire is reportedly raging at a chemical plant in Severodonetsk as street-to-street fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces takes place in the city.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russian attacks on the cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk has turned them into "dead cities," but he added that Ukrainian forces could still hold Severodonetsk despite being outnumbered.
An aide to Zelensky has said that Ukraine is losing up to 200 troops a day.
Zelensky has asked for additional weapons from Ukraine's allies to help push back the Russian forces.
The United Kingdom and the United States are sending long-range missile systems to Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of more attacks in Ukraine if the West sends long-range weapons.
Putin has also said that the West will not be able to wean itself off from Russian oil and gas for years. U.S. officials have now also admitted that Russian profits on energy might even be higher than they were before the war started.
And on June 8, the European Parliament adopted a resolution recommending that the European Union grant Ukraine the status of candidate country for EU membership. In the balloting, 438 members of the European Parliament voted in favor of the resolution, with 65 voting against and 94 abstaining.
This story was provided to Newsweek by Zenger News.
