A Ukrainian army brigade has released footage of the destruction of several tanks and armored vehicles of a Russian convoy, a video posted on Facebook after it emerged that Moscow forces launched a large-scale mechanized assault on Saturday, causing heavy casualties.
Separate 25th Sicheslav Airborne Brigade posted a video on Facebook with the message “Nothing is impossible for us.”
Their success came when the Russians launched their biggest mechanized attack since October 2023, but it ended in disaster for them.
The very first footage of the repulse of the largest Russian tank attack of the entire war began to appear. The strike took place on March 30 on the Avdiyiv front in the area of the village of Tonenke.
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Footage recorded by the drone shows the destruction of several Russian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, at least some of which were hit by missiles fired from MANPADS. Ukrainians successfully used such anti-tank systems during the war, among which the most used were Stugna-P or Javelin.
By the way, the day before, the same brigade posted another video showing one of its soldiers hitting a Javelin grenade launcher.
On Sunday, a Ukrainian military official said that Russian forces, including units of the Russian 6th Tank Regiment (90th Tank Division, Central Military District – TsVO), on Saturday used 36 tanks and 12 infantry fighting vehicles (IPVs) in a large mechanized by storm near Tonenko.
Geolocation images released on Sunday showed large numbers of destroyed and damaged Russian armored vehicles and tanks along a road northwest of Tonenke (west of Avdiivka).
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03/30/2023 was one of the largest Russian mechanized shelling near the village of Tonenke, Donetsk region.
36 tanks and 12 BMPs were used during the attack
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The Ukrainian military reported that during the assault, Ukrainian troops destroyed 12 Russian tanks and eight enemy BMPs, but failed to break through the Ukrainian front line.
The fact that the Ukrainians were able to defend themselves from the assault on March 30, especially near Avdiivka, where they were forced to quickly retreat to new defensive positions after the loss of the city, is a positive indicator of Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against future large-scale Russian assaults and the planned Russian offensive operation for the summer of 2024 year, notes ISW.
Ukraine’s demonstrated ability to successfully defend against a large-scale Russian attack in a particularly critical area of the front, despite the challenges it faces, shows that Ukrainian forces can achieve significant results on the battlefield if they are properly equipped.
Source: Hot News
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