How the SOF soldiers defeated Russians near Robotyne (video)

25 August, 2023 Battles on the approaches to Robotyne, summer 2023. Frame from the video of the Ukrainian SOF Special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showcased how they knocked out the Russian invaders off the outskirts of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The military released a video of their combat work on social media. The press service of the Special Operations Forces noted that the Special Forces were among the first to defeat the enemy near the previously temporarily occupied settlement. The published video portrays, among other things, a close-range firefight and the evacuation of the wounded.

It is noted that the battles with the enemy took place in extremely difficult conditions. The Ukrainian military was constantly shelled by the Russian artillery, and there were many enemy drones in the sky, which were monitoring the actions of the Ukrainians.

On the outskirts of Robotyne, the SOF soldiers engaged in close firefights with the Russian invaders, who tried to hold the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region by any means necessary and prevent the advance of the Ukrainian forces. The video shows only a small fragment of the work of the Special Operations Forces operators, who had to destroy the enemy and drive it out of its positions on the grounds of the settlement. As previously reported, on August 23, the Ukrainian Armed Forces raised the national flag over the village of Robotyne.

The flag was raised by the soldiers of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade, who had been fighting for this village for several months. On August 22, the Ukrainian authorities officially announced that the Armed Forces had entered the village of Robotyne.

This is an important settlement, and heavy fighting for it has been going on for three months.

Then, to protect the lives and health of civilians, the Ukrainian military evacuated local residents with the help of American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

Robotyne was a powerful defensive point of the Russian invaders on the southern section of the Russian-Ukrainian war front.