By Victor Duda
On January 18 or earlier, the Russian attack of one of the three landing and assault regiments entered the ruins of the city center, which since last spring has undergone continuous bombing. For Russians, the attack on two BMD-4 infantry fighting vehicles ended badly. Ukrainian infantry struck one BMD with a jet grenade, apparently destroying it.
The surviving BMD was helpless when one of the T-72 tanks of the 24th mechanized brigade pulled directly to it and blew it up with a 124 mm tank projectile from a distance of only 30 meters. "The battle for the city is ongoing," the 24th mechanized brigade said. At the beginning of the war, it was difficult to imagine that the Ukrainian tank would fight so close.
But after 35 months of a large -scale war, the situation changes in favor of Ukrainian armored forces, even though Russian troops that surpass Ukrainian in size continue to slowly move forward. Although with huge losses. Due to the large number of drones, Russian tanks "can only work from closed positions," - complained one Russian blogger.
Russia also unfolds tens of thousands of drones every month, but they are worse, their operators are usually less experienced, and they have to deal with Ukrainian radio interruptions that are much more effective than Russian. So so far Russian tanks should hide, and Ukrainian tanks operate "more freely," - said the blogger. This is not an exaggeration. There is a lot of evidence that Ukrainian tanks are fighting closer than ever.
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