Russian Defense Ministry releases video of damaged Ukrainian army hardware, abandoned Javelin systems in Donetsk region

MOSCOW. March 4 (Interfax) - The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video from the abandoned positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk region.

The video features damaged tanks in Hnutove, a former post and fortified positions of Ukrainian forces in Sartan, and abandoned Javelin air defense missile systems.

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Thursday that forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) continued their successful offensive, advanced by eight kilometers, and took over Novokrasnivka and Krasnivka.