Howitzers are a type of artillery weapons that fall between cannon and mortar, being able to conduct both high-angle and low-angle fire at long range and playing pivotal role in artillery formations.
The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video clip of artillery crew of a D-30 howitzer of the Russian Central Military District destroying a Ukrainian camouflaged stronghold and fortifications in the Krasny Lyman direction.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces had suffered more than 1,100 dead; Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had killed more than 220 Ukrainian soldiers over the past 24 hours.