2023-11-01 07:46:00
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Ukraine reports a new success against Russia: A video is said to show the destruction of a Russian tank convoy in the Donetsk region.
Krasnohorivka – Fire, clouds of smoke, destroyed tanks, fleeing troops: A video released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense appears to document a successful Ukrainian attack on a Russian armored train. Several of the Russian attacker’s vehicles are said to have been destroyed. In general, the Putin regime’s tank army has suffered significant losses since the beginning of the war.
Ukrainian artillery destroys Russian tank convoy
According to the online magazine Newsweek, which also shows the clip, the Russian convoy was traveling near the small town of Krasnohorivka in the largely occupied Donetsk region, presumably with the aim of breaking through the Ukrainian defenses there. The approximately ten vehicles of the Russian occupation army that initially drove through the Ukrainian countryside are largely destroyed by Ukrainian artillery fire in the drone footage that has now been published, as is the newspaper Ukrainian Pravda confirmed. Numerous fleeing Russian soldiers can also be seen.
Commenting on the attack on the enemy tanks, the ground forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on their official Facebook page: “Thanks to coordinated actions, we managed to destroy the convoy of the occupiers who tried to break through our defenses near the village of Krasnohorivka .”
Russian troops attack Krasnohorivka and Marinke
According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the successful attack on the Russian tanks was carried out by the artillery units of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine, the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade, the 116th Territorial Defense Brigade and the Separate Presidential Brigade.
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Apparently, the US think tank Institute for the Study of War reports, citing a Russian military blogger close to the Kremlin, Russian troops had previously attacked Ukrainian positions near the cities of Krasnohorivka and Marinke in the Donetsk region. As expected, the Kremlin did not confirm the events Newsweekwhich had made a corresponding request to the Russians.
Heavy Russian losses in the Donetsk region
In general, the Russian army has had to fight hard in the Donetsk region in recent weeks. As British intelligence recently discovered, Putin’s army has been struggling with massive losses of weapons and military equipment on the ground since mid-October, especially during the large-scale offensive in the direction of Avdiivka that was launched and has so far been quite unsuccessful. British intelligence expects this operation to have some of the highest casualty rates in 2023, and the current criticism from Russian military observers and bloggers is correspondingly harsh.
One thing is clear: Russian losses since the start of their war of aggression against Ukraine continue to rise. According to the Kiev military leadership, the opposing forces have lost around 5,200 tanks since February 2022. On the other hand, the Kremlin assumes that Ukraine has lost almost 13,000 tanks and armored vehicles since the start of the war. However, the Russians do not provide any information about the exact number of Ukrainian tanks destroyed. Both totals are currently difficult to verify independently. As the war in Ukraine rages on, the Russians are now offering to negotiate, but are setting their own conditions. (chnnn)
Machine assistance was used for this article written by the editorial team. The article was carefully checked by editor Lukas Rogalla before publication.
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