Reporting From Ukraine:https://www.youtube.com/@RFU/videosExcerpts from thr video transcript:
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Russian Deep Penetration Attempt CRUSHED! ]
Today [ Apr 07, 8 pm ], there is interesting news from the Kurakhove direction ...the Russians broke the stalemate and conducted a massive surprise assault to break through the Ukrainian defense line. Despite the previous less intense tempo of fighting in the area, Ukrainian troops were well prepared for any scenario and dealt a deadly blow to the enemy armored column.
.. this offensive was particularly significant for Russian commanders, who are under immense pressure from Russian high command to seize as much territory as possible while they still can ... The plan was to punch through Ukrainian lines by launching a large-scale, surprise mechanized assault ... Russian commanders believed that a sudden, overwhelming show of force would catch Ukrainian defenders off guard and trigger a mass withdrawal. This was a stark departure from their recent pattern of small infantry group assaults, which had yielded limited gains, due to precise and well-coordinated Ukrainian drone operations. Additionally, by punching through quickly, Russians hoped that they would be able to overrun and eliminate the Ukrainian drone operators stationed in and around Oleksiivka to ensure they could not halt the Russian momentum, once again.
The assault began around 6:30 AM. A Russian column composed of approximately 12 armored vehicles, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and a Kamaz truck, advanced through Andriivka and tried to bypass forward Ukrainian positions. Ukrainian artillery and drone operators immediately unleashed a precise barrage. Cluster munitions covered the area, striking infantry attempting to dismount and flee the blocked-in vehicles, while drones dropped grenades directly into crew compartments and dugouts. Within 30 minutes, the entire first wave had been shattered, with 7 vehicles destroyed and 5 more damaged, and with around 40 Russian soldiers either killed or wounded ... Russian commanders pressed on, and launched a 2nd assault around 8 AM, an hour after the first was destroyed, which involved 2 armored vehicles and approximately a 12 soldiers.
The 3rd wave came around 10AM, consisting of 3 armored vehicles that were engaged by Ukrainian drones on the western outskirts of Andriivka and promptly eliminated ... after the Russian spearhead was defeated, the Russian air force conducted intense glide-bomb strikes on suspected positions of Ukrainian drone operators in the rear. However, as Ukrainian soldiers on the ground reported, all Ukrainian drone teams successfully survived the Russian revenge barrage. Despite suffering countless losses from similar armored column attacks throughout the war, Russian commanders continue to believe that sheer weight could crack Ukrainian defenses, demonstrating once again their inability to adequately adapt to the modern battlefield. Instead, this assault offered a textbook example of how not to conduct mechanized warfare against a modern, well-prepared opponent, as the Ukrainians decimated the 1st and largest wave already in under 30 minutes.
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