Cluster Munitions Struck Russian Paratroopers Convoy in Zaporizhzhia

10 November, 2024 The moment of detonation of bomblets. Freeze frame from the DIU video High-precision artillery targeted a concentration of Russian paratroopers from the 76th Guards Air Assault Division.

A video of the strike was released by the press service of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence. It is reported that the Russian convoy gathered in one of the forest plantations in Zaporizhzhia, preparing to perform a maneuver. The enemy paratroopers were spotted by a reconnaissance drone of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, and the Tavria operational and strategic group of troops opened a fire.

The strike was carried out with cluster munitions, and it can be assumed that GMLRS rockets from the M142 HIMARS were used. The OSINT community found out that the convoy was hit near the village of Novooleksandrivka.

According to the DIU, the missile strike destroyed two heavy Russian trawlers and personnel inside the combat vehicles. Four more armored vehicles with troops tried to leave the site of the attack, but soon they were hit too. Intelligence reported that the attack destroyed the latest BMD-4 armored personnel carriers.

Recently, on November 1, Militarnyi reported that Ukrainian artillery hit a cluster of Russian troops with cluster shells in Zaporizhzhia.

Russian invaders in the cell of a Ukrainian drone in Zaporizhzhia. October 2024. Ukraine.

A frame from the video of the 108th Brigade

Then, the artillery's combat performance was demonstrated by aerial reconnaissance of the SkyForce group of the 108th Brigade of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

Aerial reconnaissance timely detected a massive redeployment of the enemy using two Gazelles and about 40 invaders.

This made it possible to fire at the enemy with the HIMARS missile system and 155mm, high-explosive and cluster shells.