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Insane Russian Attack: 150 Bikes, 300 Men, Zero Survivors!
Today [ Apr 21, 8 pm ], there are a lot of interesting updates from the Pokrovsk direction. Here, in one of the most bizarre offensives of the war so far, Russia just launched a massive mechanized assault near Pokrovsk, led by 150 motorcycles. After Ukrainian drones caught them mid-preparation, the operation unraveled fast, leaving the fields littered with burning bikes, wrecked armor, and stranded troops. The goal of the Russian forces in this area is to advance and secure the key Pokrovsk-Kostyantinivka highway by advancing on the eastern flank of Pokrovsk ... Now that the weather is improving, they want to retake it to continue their advances ... the Russians are conducting massive mechanized assaults in combination with motorcycle-based reconnaissance units leading the assaults ... The main advantage of the Russian forces in this area is the good weather, without any rain to muddy the ground, which would otherwise complicate any armored attacks. Furthermore, the intersection and its surroundings are located on a higher elevation, meaning there is less mud in the fields from previous rainy days, enabling mechanized assaults ...
Russian maneuverability is limited by an extensive network of Ukrainian fortifications, as the Ukrainian anti-tank ditches stretch across the grey zone between the intersection and any possible Russian avenue of attack. This denies Russian units any maneuverability ... Ukrainians turned into a kill zone with land mines and tight drone observation, making any Russian assault inevitably casualty-intensive ... the Ukrainians had also placed dragoon teeth and barbed wire fortifications in front of the intersection, meaning that any surviving Russian forces would have to stop their movement to destroy these barricades ... Russian forces launched their assault with 150 infantry mounted on motorcycles, aiming to exploit speed and maneuverability while bypassing the Ukrainian dragon’s teeth fortifications ...
Ukrainian drone reconnaissance already spotted the Russian motorcycle units as they prepared to assault, allowing Ukrainians to swarm the skies with FPV kamikaze drones. Striking first, Ukrainians were able to pick them off several at a time, killing over two-thirds of the riders within minutes. This likely led to a collapse of communication with the infantry component, preventing them from reporting the failed assault ... Believing the assault had succeeded, Russian commanders sent in a battalion of BMPs to reinforce the non-existent positions, only for the vehicles to be destroyed by anti-tank mines, FPV drones, and artillery fire, zeroed in on the road. This failed operation resulted in the reported loss of 21 Russian BMPs in just a few hours. Additionally, when including the failed motorcycle rush, Russians lost 96 motorcycles and a total of over 240 soldiers killed and wounded, while only approximately a third survived the assault ... poor coordination and communication led to their defeat, with survivors scattered in the fields, and despite heavy casualties, they failed to gain any ground or achieve their goal of reaching the highway intersection. The survivors will likely be forced to conduct meat assaults, due to their proximity to Ukrainian lines, and the Russian inability to supply the remnants of the assault, stuck in forward positions. However, without any vehicle or armored support at all, these assaults will likely only result in even more losses.
