"Russian Forces Target Ukrainian Helicopters with Devastating Weapons"

Russia claims to have killed up to 300 Ukrainian soldiers with a "vacuum bomb," a claim swiftly dismissed by Ukraine as "nonsense and propaganda." The incident, which CNN cannot independently verify, was described by the Russian Defense Ministry as an accurate strike on a nationalist formation's deployment point. The use of a volumetric detonation bomb, also known as a vacuum bomb or thermobaric weapon, was reported, causing destruction through blast waves and vacuum effects. Details of the airstrike emerged during a meeting at the headquarters of the Joint Group of Forces, with Russia also claiming to have destroyed American Patriot complexes and other foreign-made artillery systems in Ukraine.