Ukrainian troops play cat-and-mouse combat games with invading Russian troops.

Ukrainian troops play cat-and-mouse combat games with invading Russian troops.

Inching through deadly territory surrounded by burned-out tanks and bodies.

The footage starts with a tank powering its way through wrecked and burned-out vehicles, its turret wheeling around to find targets.

After firing off a shell the image shifts to a burned-out tank, apparently destroyed by the Ukrainian firepower.

In the next scene - taken from a soldier’s body camera - troops fire machine guns into tree cover.

The action-packed clip then shows a gunner firing from a mounted machine gun on a jeep before several burned-out vehicles are seen flaming by the side of the road.

The patrol then finds a hoard of missiles and ammo before the Ukrainian troops return to base after a hard day on the battlefield.

The 92nd Mechanized Brigade, named after Cossack military leader Ivan Sirko, a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, said on May 12: “Piece by piece, village by village, together with our brothers and sisters, we are reclaiming our homeland, which is why there is no price in the whole world!”

Along with the uplifting video footage, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said defending soldiers are slowly pushing Russian invaders away from the north-eastern city of Kharkiv.

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