Russia lost a large-scale tank battle for Vuhledar in the Donetsk region, which fell into an ambush by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Vuhledar in the Donetsk region is another hot spot on the front. Here Russia tried a tank attack and suffered heavy losses. Russia lost a large-scale tank battle for Vuhledar in the Donetsk region, which fell into an ambush of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – as during the offensive of tank ranks at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, according to The New York Times.
Failed offensive
Russia’s unsuccessful attack on Ugledar revealed the conceptual problems of its army, which largely operated according to old patterns, but, unlike the Soviet armed forces, did not have a multi-million strength.
In an attempt to realize the task set, the Russian command created a high concentration of forces and means in a narrow section about three kilometers wide. And in this situation, the advantage of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in high-precision mobile artillery and effective methods of target designation and communication was fully demonstrated.
It is also worth noting that the Russian units stubbornly followed unsuccessful tactics, when armored vehicles tried to make a breakthrough on the same route, were blown up by mines and fell under blows of Ukrainian guns.
As a result, the losses of the advancing troops became enormous, and the task of capturing Ugledar was not completed.
“In a long battle, both sides sent tanks into battle, roaring down dirt roads and maneuvering around forest belts. The Russians advanced in ranks, and the Ukrainians maneuvered defensively , fired from a distance or from shelters when the Russian columns fell into their field of vision.
When it was all said and done, it turned out that not only had Russia failed to capture Ugledar, but it had also made the same mistake that had cost Moscow hundreds of tanks at the start of the war: ambushing the advancing columns.
Big loss
In the fields around Ugledar, Russian armored vehicles were blown up by mines, hit by artillery or destroyed by anti-tank missiles.
In the battle of Vuhledar, according to the Ukrainian military, cited by the NYT, Russia lost at least 130 tanks and armored personnel carriers.
Although Russia is no stranger to such losses in Ukraine, according to analysts, from February 2022 to February 2023, Ukraine will be liquidated. from 60 to 70 thousand Russian military.
Total, according to CSIS, Russia lost from 200 to 250 thousand people wounded, dead and missing. The occupying forces also lost about half of their T-72B3 and T-72B3M main battle tanks and about two-thirds of their T-80BV/U tanks.
What next?
Military expert Aleksey Getman said that Ugledar is located at the main height and can be seen for many kilometers. “It will be very difficult for the invaders to take this city, because the defense there is at least no worse than Bakhmut. And even more so because we are still on top of the enemy there… Therefore, they can and will try attack this city again, for it is really of strategic importance. Bakhmut is of political importance to the Russians, and not to us, but Ugledar is still a more important city from a military point of view. The enemy is again trying to enter from the south and move towards the Gulyai Pole,” the expert believes.
Source: korrespondent
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