Huge explosion as HIMARS strike Russian Buk-M2: Ukraine

Ukraine has taken out a Russian Buk air defense system in the contested eastern Donetsk region of the country using U.S.-supplied HIMARS, or High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, new footage appears to show, as Russia steps up its aerial bombardment of Ukraine in the first days of the new year.

Ukrainian special forces fired on one of Russia's Buk-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems and a radar with a HIMARS Kyiv said on Monday, sharing footage it said showed the hit on the Russian medium-range air-defense system.

"The enemy's equipment was destroyed," Ukraine's special forces said in a brief caption to the video clip.