- Ukraine’s military says it defeated an “elite” unit of Russian troopers.
- The Ukrainian military’s eightieth assault brigade stated Russian troopers retreated in defeat, “leaving within the forest the our bodies of the lifeless.”
- The Ukrainians stated they fought for greater than 14 hours earlier than pulling off a “mass artillery strike.”
The Ukraine military says it destroyed a unit of “elite” Russian troopers after a battle that raged on for over 14 hours.
In a Fb put up on Tuesday, the eightieth assault brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces declared that its troops stopped a Russian unit’s try and traverse a freeway in japanese Ukraine. The Ukrainians didn’t title the city the place the battle occurred, although fierce preventing continues in Severodonetsk as Russia seeks to annex the whole lot of the japanese Ukrainian Donbas area.
“The enemy has not gotten by! Units of the eightieth separate paratrooper brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine proceed to inflict losses on Russian occupants, preventing them within the japanese route,” the brigade wrote.
The put up stated that the Ukraine paratroopers who engaged with the Russians had been garrisoned in Lviv and waged a 14-hour battle with the Russian unit. The Ukrainians stated they used NLAW grenade launchers to take out a Russian fight automobile and troops.
At one level in the course of the battle, the Ukrainians stated they realized they had been doing battle with the Russian armed forces’ Pskov-based infantry division, which “the Russian armed forces considers elite,” the put up stated.
The Ukrainian brigade additionally posted a video of what appeared to be army tools up in flames.
“Although this battle has been extra about duels of large-caliber artillery, there are, usually, highly effective rifle fights,” the Ukrainian brigade wrote. “Our boys noticed the saboteurs and opened automated weapon fireplace, forcing them to retreat.”
The Ukrainians went on to say that their Lviv-garrisoned paratroopers gave the Russians a “heat welcome” in the course of the combat, after which the Russian brigade was overwhelmed again in retreat, “leaving of their path by the forest a path of the our bodies of their lifeless.”
“The coordinated actions of the artillery items of the eightieth brigade, in the long run, inflicted a mass artillery strike on the enemy,” the put up continued.
Final week, Ukraine claimed to have destroyed a whole Russian military in Izyum. Individually, Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Russia had misplaced 200 plane within the Ukraine battle, demonstrating the Russian army’s failure to achieve the higher hand in aerial warfare over Ukraine.
Western officers estimate that some 15,000 Russians have been killed within the invasion. Ukraine, in the meantime, claims it has killed 30,000 Russian troops.
Friday marked the a centesimal day of the Ukraine battle, which started when Putin launched an unprovoked invasion of the nation on February 24.
