This footage appears to show Russian 'Hurricane' multiple launch rocket systems in action in Ukraine.

The video shows two of the vehicles manoeuvring into position. They can be seen sporting the now infamous 'Z' symbol on them.

The 'Z' is one of the symbols, as well as the letters 'V' and 'O' that can be seen painted on Russian military vehicles taking part in the invasion of Ukraine.

Russian soldiers then provide targeting information before weapon systems unleash a salvo of missiles on unseen targets somewhere in Ukraine.

The images were obtained from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Thursday, September 15, along with a statement claiming that the images show the 'combat work of crews of multiple launch rocket systems 'Uragan' of the Central Military District in the zone of the special military operation.'

The BM-27 'Uragan' ('Hurricane' in English) is a multiple rocket launcher vehicle that was designed in the Soviet Union and first entered service in the late 1970s.

The Russian MoD also said: 'Unmanned aerial vehicles provide fire correction and additional reconnaissance of targets to Russian gunners.'

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin is still calling a 'special military operation'.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between February 24 and September 15, Russia had lost about 53,850 personnel, 2,193 tanks, 4,682 armoured combat vehicles, 1,295 artillery units, 311 multiple launch rocket systems, 167 air defence systems, 250 warplanes, 215 helicopters, 908 drones, 233 cruise missiles, 15 warships, 3,522 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 120 units of special equipment.

Russia has claimed that its casualties have been much lower but provides infrequent updates on its latest figures.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was reportedly involved in a traffic accident in Kyiv but is not seriously hurt, according to his spokesperson Serhii Nykyforov.

Nykyforov said: 'The president was examined by a doctor, no serious injuries were found.' He added that the driver of the other vehicle was given emergency aid and put in an ambulance.

Zelensky said in his nightly address last night, on Wednesday, September 14, after returning from the Kharkiv region, where Ukrainian troops have carried out a lightning advance to push back invading Russian forces, that 'almost the entire region is de-occupied'.

President Zelensky also said: 'It was an unprecedented movement of our soldiers – the Ukrainians once again managed to do what many thought was impossible.'

He added that Ukraine's forces had so far recaptured approximately 8,000 square kilometres (3,100 square miles) of territory from the Russians.

Ukrainian officials have said that Russian missiles hit a reservoir dam near the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih. Ukraine said that the strike was revenge by Russia over its recent lightning counteroffensive.

President Zelensky, who was born in Kryvyi Rih, labelled Russia a 'terrorist state' after the missile strikes on the Karachunivske reservoir.

Zelensky said, during his late-night address yesterday evening: 'You are weaklings who fight civilians.' He added: 'Scoundrels who, having escaped from the battlefield, are trying to do harm from somewhere far away.'

In light of Ukraine's dramatic gains in the past days, the Kremlin is now reportedly working hard to 'clear Putin of any responsibility for the defeat, instead blaming the loss of almost all of occupied Kharkiv Oblast on under-informed military advisors within Putin's circle', according to the Institute for the Study of War, a US-based think tank.

The Institute reportedly said in a statement released on the evening of Tuesday, September 13: 'Kremlin officials and state media propagandists are extensively discussing the reasons for the Russian defeat in Kharkiv Oblast, a marked change from their previous pattern of reporting on exaggerated or fabricated Russian successes with limited detail.'

The Institute noted a member of the Kremlin's Council for Interethnic Relations, Bogdan Bezpalko, as criticising Russia's military leaders who 'failed to see the concentration of Ukrainian troops and equipment and disregarded Telegram channels that warned of the imminent Ukrainian counter-offensive in Kharkiv Oblast should have their heads ‘lying on Putin's desk.''

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that the prospect of peace in Ukraine is still currently 'minimal' after a phone call with Vladimir Putin. This echoes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's comments, who also said on Wednesday after a call with the Russian president: 'Sadly, I cannot tell you that the impression has grown that it was a mistake to begin this war.'