Russians pass off training as an assault on Vuhledar

8 September, 2024 The training ground of the Russian military. Photo: Google Maps The Russian command tried to pass off a training assault on the training ground as an assault on the city of Vuhledar.

OSINT analyst EjShahid made the appropriate geolocation of the area. The footage of the assault, which the Russians tried to pass off as an assault on the city of Vuhledar, turned out to be military training at a training ground in the Telmanivskyi district of the Donetsk region. False information was also provided by Russian commander Yuri Gagarin, who said that Russian troops had managed to inflict losses on Ukrainian defenders.

According to him, the Russian Armed Forces suffered no casualties during the assault, while the Ukrainian side suffered 18 military casualties. Gagarin did not say how the Russian military managed to inflict losses on the Armed Forces of Ukraine at a military training ground in the rear.

The location where the Russian military trained was geolocated at coordinates 47.305881, 38.007939 near the village of Dersove, Telmanivskyi district, Donetsk region. It should be noted that today, at least several military training grounds that the enemy built on the territory of the Kalmiuskyi district are identified.

The geolocation of the place where the Russian military stormed the positions. Photo credits: EjShahid

The first training ground was created by the Russian invaders in 2017.

In the same year, it was geolocated at 47.48347451152067, 38.18862555825477, near the village of Oktiabrske, Telmanivskyi district, Donetsk region. In the same year, a military base and a training ground were established near the occupied settlement of Svobodne, Telmanivskyi district, Donetsk region, at coordinates 47?22'27.0?N 38?03'46.1?E. Militarnyi previously reported that in the Vuhledar sector, the 72nd Mechanized Brigade and several other units defeated a Russian assault group with armored vehicles.

The Russian command deployed a lot of infantry fighting vehicles to the attack, which were supposed to deliver troops to Ukrainian positions.