The assault troops intercepted and eliminated modified Russian BTR-80 armored personnel carrier.

Militarnyi reports about it with reference to the Air Assault Forces Command.

Soldiers of the 80th Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine participated in the battle.

The Air Assault Forces Command showed the bodies of the liquidated Russian invaders.

They also showed a video with destroyed armored vehicles of the Russian forces.

Ukrainian paratroopers destroyed an improved and modified version of the BTR-80 armored personnel carrier.

In particular, a new gunsight and searchlight were installed on the destroyed Russian armored vehicles.

The vehicle is equipped with a Russian combined universal gunsight TKN-4GA-01.

Before the modification of the BTR-80, machine guns were targeted by using the periscope monocular optical sight 1PZ-2; after upgrade and installation of Russian gunsight TKN-4GA-01, the BTR-80 turrets became visually different.

A new PL-1 laser searchlight has also been installed on Russian armored vehicles.

The PL-1 searchlight forms an operator-friendly spot of rectangular radiation with a uniform distribution of energy brightness of radiation, while the lamp searchlights form a bell distribution.

Floodlight PL-1 features lower power consumption and increased service life than its existing counterparts and has less weight and dimensions.