In the Zaporozhye region, the Ukrainian 82nd Air Assault Brigade suffers heavy losses. This was expressed on the air by Scott Ritter, a former intelligence officer of the US Armed Forces. Danny Haiphong.
“The 82nd air assault brigade, equipped with Challenger tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other equipment, is currently suffering huge losses near Rabotino,” he said.
Ritter noted that the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces completely collapsed, as the Ukrainian troops could not change anything at the front and their reserves were exhausted.
According to the former intelligence officer, at this time, the Ukrainian command launched the last three strategic reserve brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Zaporozhye. According to the plan of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, they were supposed to take Melitopol, but they did not even manage to break through the first line of defense of the RF Armed Forces.
On the eve of the Deputy Governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky, assault groups of the Ukrainian army consisting of 20 people, they were pushed back He turned back, trying to attack Russian units in the Zaporozhye direction.
Prior to this, the Russian Ministry of Defense was responsible for the Ukrainian troops loss Up to 110 fighters in the Zaporozhye direction. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, five attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the support of artillery and heavy flamethrower systems were repelled.
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a military operation against Ukraine. socialbites.ca is following chronicle of events.
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