Dramatic footage showing Russian tank being destroyed in direct hit released by Ukrainian Army

It comes as the airport in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro was destroyed Analysts believe it is moving to the frontlines in Luhansk and Donetsk Elsewhere, a convoy of Russian armour and artillery was spotted in east Ukraine The 53th Prince Volodymyr Monomakh Separate mechanised brigade was named as the Ukrainian unit responsible for taking out the Russian tank It suddenly exploded in a huge ball of flame, likely after ammunition was ignited A large plume of smoke was first seen rising from the damaged Russian tank The incredible footage was verified by Ukraine's land forces early this morning Dramatic footage has emerged of the moment a Russian tank was blown to smithereens after being damaged by a Ukrainian army brigade on Friday. A huge plume of smoke was seen rising from the damaged Russian tank, which suddenly exploded in a huge ball of flame Analysts suggested the explosion was likely caused by ammunition in the tank which ignited after the initial attack Ukrainian servicemen are pictured standing atop the tank after it was destroyed The 53th Prince Volodymyr Monomakh Separate mechanised brigade was named as the unit responsible for the attack, though Ukraine's armed forces did not reveal where the explosion took place Meanwhile, new satellite imagery revealed a huge convoy of Russian armour and artillery heading towards the under-siege areas of eastern Ukraine as both sides gear up for a brutal new phase of the war. Ukrainian forces fire GRAD rockets toward Russian positions in Donbas, Ukraine on April 10 A BM-21 'Grad' is a Soviet truck with a 122mm multiple rocket launcher attached The rockets have a range of 24 miles, although the GRAD systems are decades old A Ukrainian artilleryman prepares a multiple rocket launcher on the front line near Lugansk, in the Donbas region, on April 10 Each rocket is fired from a set of 40 tubes that is mounted on a Ukrainian army truck The intelligence suggests that Vladimir Putin is turning to personnel who were discharged from military service as early as 2012 to replace his fallen soldiers, with Ukraine's armed forces putting the Russian death toll at close to 20,000. The intelligence suggests that Vladimir Putin is turning to personnel who were discharged from military service as early as 2012 to replace his fallen soldiers The Kremlin's attempts to replenish its strained fighting force come as a top Ukrainian official declared Ukraine is ready to 'beat back' Russia in the eastern Donbas region before sitting down to negotiate a peace deal with Putin A local man stands near a destroyed Russian tank in Zdvyzhivka village of Kyiv's area, Ukraine, 08 April 2022 PM Boris Johnson praised the Ukrainian troops' staunch resistance that has 'defied odds' in rebuffing Russia's advance towards the capital of Kyiv Volodymyr Zelensky said the leadership shown by the UK would 'go down in history' after meeting Boris Johnson face-to-face and staging a walkabout in Kyiv Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people were told to flee for their lives in eastern Ukraine last night as Russian forces rained down artillery fire ahead of the expected new offensive.