According to a number of information and communications, including the American press, based on sources at the Pentagon – on 26 July this year the second, main phase of the large spring-year offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began.
As The fresh York Times reporters write, brigades entered the battle, most of which were trained in the last six months on ground ground in NATO countries, by alliance specialists. Most dense equipment, including tanks, armoured transporters, artillery and infantry weapons, besides come from NATO countries. A fresh quality hit the front of the unfortunate Russian-Ukrainian war. Units equipped and trained according to North Atlantic Alliance standards.
Zaporozhce section of the front below the city of Oriechowo, Russian positions around the village of Robotino
In Zaporozh, the offensive against Russian forces is led by the Ukrainian “Tawria” group commanded by the General Tarnaewski Alexander. For more than 50 days, since June 4, it has not achieved much success. The “Tawria” group originally invaded on 3 episodes.
The first under the village of Piatykhatka in the axis on the town of Vasilivka, where the Ukrainian forces headed with the elite 28th Mountain Infantry Squadron Alone after capturing Piatykhatka are stuck in place.
The second below the town of Oriechowo, where Ukrainians formed a powerful "armoured fist", headed with German-equipped Leopard-2 tanks and American combat infantry wagons Bradley, 47 A standalone Mechanized Brigade, which is to approach the strategically crucial town of Tokmak. Basically, it was here that the biggest blast of the Ukrainian offensive occurred, due to the fact that regiments of the 42th Russian firearm Division stopped Ukrainian units in the prefield, causing them dense losses in people and equipment. Photos of the burning Leopards and Braldey revolved around the world, approaching south of the tiny village of Tokmazka.
The 3rd place of the Ukrainian attack on Zaporozh is at the alleged "Wriemiewski Performance", where Ukrainians achieved the top success, this performance "cutting off". The last, delaying point is the anemic excursions under Wuhledar/Ugldar. In this part of the article I will reconstruct the beginning of the second phase of the large spring-summer Ukrainian offensive under Oriechowo in the axis to Russian positions under the village of Robotino.
I would like to remind you that the first 2 points of the Ukrainian army attack on Zaporozh, including under Oriechowo, are securing Russian units belonging to the 58th National Army. All Russian troops in Zaporozh are so-called. “East” group commanded by General Aleksandra Romanczuk. The episode under Oriechowo is defended by 70, 71 and 291 Regiments of Mechanized Infantry of the 42nd Division of Mechanized Rifles, separate units from the 22nd Specnaz Brigade and 45th Army peculiar Forces Brigades and 1430th Infantry Regiment (reservists from Moscow) and 2 volunteer battalions BARS-3 and BARS-11.
For 50 days, Ukrainian artillery led a strong shelling of Russian positions by destroying many of them, inflicting casualties on Russian individuals and destroying tanks, guns and another equipment. The advantage of fire scope from NATO countries, in the hands of Ukrainian artillerymen, made Russian artillery almost powerless in counter-battery. The precise impact of Ukrainian HIMARS systems rockets (the donor of the US) and MARS (the donors of France-Germany-Netherlands) destroyed many logistics centers (detected by US reconnaissance satellites), causing Russian troops to endure shortages of artillery ammunition, equipment and even food, including drinking water.
All of this caused a dramatic intervention by General Popov's 58th Army commander, at the highest levels. The general demanded that the exhausted bled units, counter-battery conflict and supplies be relaxed for their exhausted units. Commander-in-chief of Russia's troops in the war in Ukraine Chief of General Staff General Gierasimov considered it insubordination and dismissed General Popov, despite his talents and undisputed success in effectively resisting the large Ukrainian attack and sent him to command in Syria.
Ukrainian Command, after a compromising defeat at Oriechowo, besides made a number of corrections. Units 9 of the Army Corps reinforced brigades 10 of the Army Corps. The U.S. military M2A2 Bradley ODS infantry wagons, which suffered dense losses from Russian artillery, mines, and armor-piercing missiles “Kornet” and Wichr-M (on helicopters) were armored. An urgent transportation from the U.S. came the armor cubes of the reactive BRAT. The artillery units received American, banned conventions, cluster ammunition.
On July 26 at 4.50 a.m., hundreds of Ukrainian rocket guns and launchers opened fire on Russian positions under Oriechowo. After a firestorm of about 20 minutes, the forward Russian positions were attacked by rockets of non-directed Ukrainian assault aircraft Su-25 (including US production rockets "Hydra") and Mi-24 helicopters.
Under the cover of a smokescreen towards the Russian trenches 71 and 291 Infantry Regiments of the 42nd Mechanized firearm Division began to push Ukrainian tanks T-72, T-64 and Leopard-2 as well as militant infantry wagons BMP-1, Bradley and dozens of wheel transporters. This Armada impressed Russian soldiers.
In total, Ukraine's Armed Forces threw at least 3 battalion assault groups with 116 and 118 Self-Mechanized Brigades, reinforced by Leopard-2 and BWP Bradley tanks from the 47th Mechanized Brigade. 2 tank companies from the 33rd Mechanized Brigade and 14th National defender Brigade were active to support the attack. In total, over 120 armored vehicles and hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers drove through Zaporozh's steppe to Russian positions.
Ukrainian troops detected scouts from the Russian 22nd Specnaz Brigade and raised reconnaissance drones up, improving situational awareness. On the drone cameras that formed to attack the column of Ukrainian vehicles, they led the fire of their own artillery. Russian guns of the 50th Guarded Artillery Regiment of 152 mm MSTA-S and BM-21 "Tornado-G" launchers began to flood Ukrainians with missiles.
Ukrainian speakers began maneuvering according to the rules, however, losing a number of vehicles, but pushing forward.
Specnaz operators with guided anti-tank missiles "Kornet" with flanking fire destroyed further Ukrainian armored vehicles, any of which were immobilized on vast Russian minefields, making it easy to hit.
There were dozens of Ukrainian drones in the air from the drone company Flying Skulls and Dragonflies Drone Group, which led their own artillery, and which had the customs fire of missiles guided by the "Excalibur" satellites destroyed respective Russian guns and launchers, forcing others to maneuver and thus cease fire.
Ukrainian FVP drone operators began to "hunt" on individual Russian vehicles and groups of soldiers, causing them painful losses.
In 3 places, Ukrainian soldiers and their vehicles entered into the first Russian positions. Russian tankers on T-90 tanks began to destruct the breaches (each Russian regiment has a tank battalion). Armoured duels began, and Ukrainians utilized anti-tank missiles directed by TOW and Javelin.
The Ukrainians are behind. However, after the meals were sent around 8.00 under the cover of a smokescreen, Ukrainian forces again went to the attack, limping unfortunately on Russian minefields. Russian artillerymen, 50 Guards of the Artillery Regiment, who survived Ukrainian counterbattery fire, besides returned to the fight, which again stopped Ukrainians.
Around 10.30 to Russian positions, which were full recognized in combat and with drones fell the avalanche fire of Ukrainian cannons, led with cluster ammunition. The Russians suffered dense losses in the infantry and began to retreat, especially reserveists from the 1430th Infantry Regiment. The Ukrainians moved on to the 3rd attack. They reached the first Russian trench line. However, the surviving Russian soldiers in the face of a hopeless situation behaved heroically, called artillery fire into their own positions. (There is simply a video of the drone documenting this dramatic moment. A company of respective Ukrainian combat infantry wagons on BMP-1 reaches the Russian trench lines. With p-pan grenade launchers, the Russians destruct 1 vehicle, the another damage, but the advantage of Ukrainian infantry and armored vehicles is crushing.
At this point, however, they begin to detonate Russian artillery missiles among Ukrainian vehicles and Russian trenches, destruct 2 more Ukrainian BWPs and force Ukrainian soldiers to retreat.
The decision was besides influenced, called in time by Russian command, by the Ka-52 Alligator assault helicopters, which appeared on the front of the fight and destroyed a number of Ukrainian vehicles. The fire from the cannon replaced Russian mortar 120 mm at close distances which, risking being destroyed by drones, proved equally deadly.
In addition, operators from the elite 45th Air-Desant Forces peculiar Forces Brigade appeared on the front line. Russian Paratroopers attacked Ukrainian guns and tanks... utilizing Lancet-3M ‘Kamikaze’ drones in versions X-52 and X-51.
Ukrainian artillerymen following the loss/damage of respective guns besides began maneuvering and retreating, which limited artillery support for attacking Ukrainian soldiers who were fighting to advance.
Strong interference of Russian Radio-Electronic Combat units “blinded” most Ukrainian drones. Ukrainian attack began to collapse.
However, at about 1 p.m. at the command of the Ukrainians, erstwhile 2 battalions of 33 Mechanized Brigade joined the attack on the right flank, they tried to attack for the 4th time, but in the face of human and equipment losses they began to withdraw.
On the well-engineered defence of units of the 58th Army, Ukrainians lost about 20 tanks and respective combat infantry vehicles (different modifications). Losses in humans are over 200 dead and respective 100 wounded.
The cameras released by the Russian website show a battleground full of wrecks of armored vehicles and the so-far-not-seen activity of ammunition circulating "Lancet" which in the hands of experienced air-dessant forces operators destroyed and damaged many vehicles and forced any Ukrainian artillery to silence.
Exhausted by the attack, Ukrainian units handled the night and on 27 July evacuation of damaged equipment and the replenishment of losses, company assault groups were easy detained by Russians.
The Russian side suffered severe losses in artillery, men and armored equipment, primarily from the fire of Ukrainian artillery and drone operations, nevertheless it maintained a line of defence, inflicting disproportionately higher losses on the attacking Ukrainian troops.
In the coming days, if not hours, the Ukrainian side is likely to resume the attack on exhausted Russian units of the 58th National Army. It is worth remembering that the Russians defend themselves on the alleged cover line, and behind their backs have 2 more in this powerfully fortified main position of defence.
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