Drone footage shows a Ukrainian 30th Mechanized Brigade maneuvering into a support by fire position and dumping 30mm heavy machine gun fire into a Russian occupied tree line.

The limited view doesn't leave us much to go on. It's possible the BMP was suppressing Russian forces so friendly troops could maneuver freely, or it's possible the BMP was just executing a harassment operation.

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