At dawn, the occupation forces began an attack in the direction of Donetsk, but the battle “did not go well.”
At dawn on October 22, the Russian army launched a new attack on one of the battle zones in the Donetsk region, and to achieve the effect of complete surprise, the enemy used smoke. The Command of the Air Assault Troops of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported this on its Facebook page.
“The enemy once again tested the stability of the defense of the paratroopers of the 79th separate air assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which is carrying out combat missions in the Donetsk region…. In the early morning, the invaders who Russian began an attack on the positions of the maroon berets from Nikolaev. To achieve the effect of complete surprise, the enemy used smoke. However, the reconnaissance was in time to notice the advance of the enemy column and the artillery of paratroopers began to inflict heavy losses on the enemy, ”said the report.
As mentioned, when the enemy approached the required distance, anti-tank crews entered the battle and began to burn the equipment of the invaders with accurate fire from anti-tank missile systems. Also in this battle, paratroopers actively used kamikaze drones and unmanned aircraft with drops.
As a result, in one battle, the Nikolaev paratroopers destroyed 5 tanks and 4 infantry fighting vehicles of the enemy.
As you know, on October 19, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny visited Avdeevka in the Donetsk region and in the direction of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region, where the Russian invaders intensified and performing offensive operations.
Russian activity decreased near Avdeevka – Ukrainian Armed Forces
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Source: korrespondent
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