The Russians have released images of several Leopard tanks, armored Bradleys and mine countermeasures destroyed by the Russians and abandoned by the Ukrainians in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Ukrainian armored vehicles in a counteroffensive from ZaporizhzhiaPhoto: Photo collage

In the absence of independent reports from the front, although Kyiv is silent, it is impossible to assess whether Ukrainian forces are breaking through Russian defenses, but Russia reported heavy fighting along the front line in southern Ukraine on Friday, and President Vladimir Putin says Ukrainian forces have not . achieve your goals.

“We can say with confidence that this offensive has begun. This is confirmed by the use of strategic reserves of the Ukrainian army,” Putin told Russian journalists in Sochi. “Ukrainian troops did not achieve their goals in any area.”

While Ukraine refused to comment on the long-awaited counteroffensive and accused Russia of spreading lies about it, Clash Report calculated Ukraine’s losses since the start of the counteroffensive:

  • – 5 Leopard 2A6 tanks
  • – 6 armored Bradleys
  • – 3 MaxxPro anti-mine vehicles
  • – 1 Dutch YPR-765 armored car
  • – 1 T-72M1 tank
  • – 1 BMR-2 tank
  • – 1 armored personnel carrier of the VAB
  • – Several trucks burned

Osint commentators say the crews almost certainly survived and were evacuated, and the goal at this point should be to reorganize those crews as quickly as possible and send them back.

Instead, OSINTtechinal shared a video in which Ukrainian security forces allegedly found a damaged Leopard 2A.

It is expected that the counteroffensive will eventually involve thousands of Ukrainian troops trained and equipped by the West. Russia, which has had months to prepare its defense lines, says it has repelled attacks since the start of the week, Reuters reported.

Kyiv stated that the main efforts have not yet begun. Moscow and Russian pro-war bloggers reported intense fighting on the Zaporizhia Front in the area of ​​the city of Orikhov on Friday.

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PHOTO. The first shots of Ukraine in the counteroffensive: Leopard tanks and American Bradley armored vehicles at the front / Losses on the battlefield