Grisly footage shows a pair of Russian soldiers, fully engulfed in flames, sprinting across the battlefield following the destruction of their vehicle by an FGM-148 Javelin missile strike.

The drone footage shows a Russian three-vehicle armored assault led by a heavy tank, firing and hard charging. Within seconds all three vehicles are hit with top-down strikes from Javelin missiles. The lead tank somehow wears it, but instantly begins retreating. The two armored personnel carriers burst into flames. In the top right of the frame, you can see the burning Russians dismount from the third vehicle.

The attack was repelled by the Ukrainian 425th Assault Battalion in the vicinity of Solodke, Donetsk, along the Vuhledar front.

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