A Ukrainian drone hunted down and struck a North Korean-made M1989 howitzer in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast on or just before Sunday. “Revenge for Sumy,” the Ukrainian 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade seethed when it posted the video of the strike, referring to the Sunday massacre of dozens of Ukrainian civilians by Russian ballistic missiles.
It was at least the fifth of the tracked 170-millimeter guns—“wonder weapons,” according to one Ukrainian battalion—that the Ukrainians have struck since the M1989s first deployed by rail from North Korea through Russia to the front line in western Russia and Ukraine late last year.
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Thirsty for Revenge, Ukrainian Territorials Hunted Down One of Russia's North Korean Howitzers – Trench Art | David Axe
