30th Mechanized Brigade takes the positions of the Russians in the Bakhmut direction
25 August, 2023 Russian soldiers are killed during an assault on Russian positions in the Bakhmut direction. August 2023. Ukraine.
Footage from the AEROBOMBER video Ukrainian troops stormed a Russian position in the direction of Bakhmut. The combat work of the 30th Mechanized Brigade was demonstrated by AEROBOMBER aerial reconnaissance unit.
The operation was conducted to liberate the positions between Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Zaliznianske from the invaders. Tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and a UR-77 mine clearing vehicle were used for combat operations. The operation was coordinated by reconnaissance drones, which also dropped explosives on the Russians. At first, Ukrainian artillery fired at the Russian positions, then two tanks were sent in to attack the positions in the forest.
Tanks and UR-77 of the Ukrainian military during the assault of Russian positions in the Bakhmut direction. August 2023.
Ukraine. Footage from the AEROBOMBER video
At that time, the UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, which was behind the tanks, began to release explosive charges creating mine-free paths. Then two infantry fighting vehicles, each with 8-9 soldiers, set out to storm the Russian positions.
Infantry fighting vehicle and infantry of the Ukrainian army during the assault on Russian positions in the Bakhmut direction. August 2023.
Ukraine. Footage from the AEROBOMBER video
The soldiers landed near the forest and started advancing towards the Russian trenches, where a small arms battle had already begun. The video shows the elimination of a part of the Russian military occupying these positions.
Russian soldiers are killed during an assault on Russian positions in the Bakhmut direction. August 2023.
Ukraine. Footage from the AEROBOMBER video
This is not the first such combat operation of the 30th Brigade in this area. In June, the Ukrainian military knocked out the Russian invaders off one of their positions along the Sloviansk-Bakhmut highway.
The battle took place near the E40 highway (Bakhmut - Sloviansk) between Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Zaliznianske.