"Saved the life of the crew": the soldiers of the Armed Forces on the armored car covered with cassette shells (photo)

The incident happened near the city of Yar in the Bakhmut direction. During the movement of the column of Ukrainian technology, the invaders used the prohibited ammunition with the Convention. The column of Ukrainian equipment came under a hostile shelling of the RSSU in the Bakhmut direction near the city of Yar. This was reported in the press service of the design and production enterprise "Ukrainian armored vehicles".

The military noted that Russian invaders began to use cassette ammunition during the movement of the Ukrainian column, and the armored car "Novator", within which Ukrainian defenders were located, was covered with debris. "As a result, the hood and the upper part of the car were damaged. There is one hatch punching, which causes a soldier to be a military wound, there is no threat to life," the statement said.

At the same time, the Ukrainian armored vehicles note that the armored vehicle capsule has withstood the fire on the part of the Russians and remained intact. On the frames published in the network, you can see that the fragments could not break through the windshield, and this saved the life of the whole crew. A special armored car was developed by the Ukrainian company, taking into account all modern requirements.

It was first presented in 2017 and has been in service with the Ukrainian army since 2019. Its design uses a chassis, adapted to operation in off -road conditions with a wheel formula of 4x4. The weight of the vehicle is 8845 kg, the load capacity is 1845 kg, and the cabin can accommodate up to five passengers. We will remind, on March 12 the head of the Lugansk Regional Military Administration (OVA) Sergey Gaidai stated that the Armed Forces destroyed new tanks of Russians near Kreminna.