Armed Forces of Ukraine defeated a column of Russian armored vehicles near Ugledar

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Broken column of Russian armored vehicles near Ugledar On February 9, a number of Ukrainian telegram channels, as well as the gray zone channel associated with Wagner PMCs, that in the area of ​​Vuhledar, a small town about 60 kilometers southeast of Donetsk, a convoy of Russian vehicles was destroyed Later, this information was confirmed by independent OSINT researchers.

Rob Lee reported the destruction of 31 armored vehicles, including 15 tanks (including T-72B3 and T-80BVM) Former “DPR Minister of Defense” Igor Strelkov also spoke about the defeat of the Russian Armed Forces near Ugledar – according to him, the Russian military lost more than 30 armored vehicles, “many dozens” of tankers died.

According to the Dutch OSINT project Oryx, Russia lost 103 pieces of equipment, including 36 tanks, during the offensive against Avdiivka and Vgledar from February 8 to 10 Ukraine over the same period, according to analysts, lost 20 pieces of equipment, including two tanks.

The American Institute for the Study of War writes, that the defeat near Ugledar weakened the faith of the Russian "military correspondents" in the ability of the RF Armed Forces to launch a decisive offensive “Bloggers used this footage to criticize the command for repeating the same mistakes that the Russian military made throughout the war,” the researchers say.

The Russian Ministry of Defense did not comment on reports of casualties near Ugledar On February 11, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny called the situation in the Donetsk direction "the most tense" - according to him, the Russian military makes more than 50 attacks daily here, and "stubborn battles" are taking place in the area of ​​​​Vogledar and Maryinka.

At the same time, Zaluzhny claims that in some sectors of the front, the Ukrainian army managed to regain previously lost positions This is what the positions of Ukrainian troops look like near Vuhledar Azov soldiers on the front line near Bakhmut The battles for Bakhmut have been going on since July 2022.

On February 11, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said that Ukrainian troops continue to keep the city under control, despite "constant enemy pressure", and are trying to stabilize the front line around the settlement The Institute for the Study of War, in its latest report, claims that the Russian command is using small groups, consisting of fighters of elite units, who are tasked with infiltrating the city.

The Russian army is constantly shelling Bakhmut - according to volunteers, now in the city "there is not a single surviving building " On February 9, it became known that the Azov regiment was expanded to a brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine - after that, the number of units will increase.

The special operations forces of the regiment became the 3rd separate assault brigade as part of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the end of January The Azov fighters are fighting, including in the Bakhmut direction.

The bus of Ukrainian military doctors "Austriyka" At the end of June 2022, the medical bus of the "Hospitallers" brigade, which evacuates Ukrainian soldiers from the front line and provides them with first aid, got into an accident, colliding with a military KrAZ As a result of the accident, medic Natalya Frauscher died - until February 2022 she lived with her husband in Austria, but after the start of a full-scale invasion, she returned to Ukraine and in April joined the Hospitaller battalion, taking the call sign Austrian.

In February 2023, a Hospitaller bus converted into a hospital was named after Frauscher Unlike a small ambulance, it can carry at least 11 wounded.

Charitable foundations and private donors managed to raise two million hryvnias (about $54,000), which were used to equip the bus with medical supplies Inside the mobile hospital there are ventilators and defibrillators.

In November 2022, a text by journalist Shura Burtin was published on Meduza where he spoke to dozens of Ukrainians who had lost their loved ones and lost their homes Burtin also managed to talk with Natalya Frausher - she spoke about the decision to return to Ukraine and the experiences associated with the death of Ukrainian soldiers whom the doctor provided assistance to.

The Austrian died three days after this conversation Refugees from Vuhledar in Kyiv According to the Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, by the beginning of February 4, 8 million Ukrainians officially registered on the lists of refugees who were forced to move to other parts of the country due to the Russian invasion.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk, the real number of such people is almost 7 million According to the UN, another 4 million 823 thousand refugees from Ukraine are registered in Europe.

On February 10, the head of the self-proclaimed DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that residents of Vugledar had begun to be “evacuated” to Volnovakha According to Pushilin, the Russian military has entrenched itself in the southern part of the city.

The main photos of the previous - three hundred and fifty-second - day of the war can be viewed at this link According to the UN, another 4 million 823 thousand refugees from Ukraine are registered in Europe.

On February 10, the head of the self-proclaimed DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that residents of Vugledar had begun to be “evacuated” to Volnovakha According to Pushilin, the Russian military has entrenched itself in the southern part of the city.

The main photos of the previous - three hundred and fifty-second - day of the war can be viewed at this link According to the UN, another 4 million 823 thousand refugees from Ukraine are registered in Europe.

On February 10, the head of the self-proclaimed DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that residents of Vugledar had begun to be “evacuated” to Volnovakha According to Pushilin, the Russian military has entrenched itself in the southern part of the city.

The main photos of the previous - three hundred and fifty-second - day of the war can be viewed at this link .