Ukrainians strike Russians with their own anti-tank missile

A video has emerged showing what appears to be fleeing Russian troops being struck by their own anti-tank guided missile that had fallen into Ukrainian hands.

In the footage, Kyiv forces operating the Ukrainian-made Stuhna-P anti-tank guided missile system are watching on a monitor how their comrades turn a Russian “Kornet” missile system against the enemy.

Anatoly Shariy, a Ukrainian journalist and pro-Russian propagandist, shared the minute-long recording on his Telegram channel, writing in the caption: “that’s what happens when the Russian army scatters, leaving behind things like Kornet.”

In the recording, men following the action on the battlefield via the monitor comment in Ukrainian heavy sprinkled with profanities that there are a lot of enemy soldiers taking flight.

Someone counts 12 Russian troops in the field.

Moments later, a missile is seen flying towards the Russians’ position.

One of the spectators asks if the missile came from their Stuhna-P system, but his colleague replies that “it was from the Kornet.”

Another predicts that the Russians will all be annihilated.

The screen then displays a massive explosion that envelopes the deserters in a cloud of smoke.

The Ukrainians are heard excitedly celebrating the deadly strike

“F—, two survived out of 12,” one Ukrainian soldier exclaims.

Another corrects him that, in fact, three Russians managed to stumble away from the blast.

“Three ran away, the rest are gone,” the overjoyed soldier gushes to his brothers-in-arms.

It was not immediately clear where this incident took place.

It comes after Kyiv’s forces reportedly routed a Russian infantry brigade near the key city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, which has seen some of the bloodiest battles of the war.

Ukraine’s Third Separate Assault Brigade said in a statement this week that Russian’s 72nd Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade abandoned its positions near Bakhmut after suffering heavy casualties.    

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the outspoken founder of the Russian Wagner mercenary group spearheading the fighting in Bakhmut, accused Russian regulars of exposing the flanks and throwing away more than a mile of hard-fought territorial gains.