The Armed Forces of Ukraine defeated a battalion of mobilized soldiers from Chuvashia

31 October, 2023 The equipment of the 1st Battalion of the 1251st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed as a result of a HIMARS strike, October 29, 2023 The Russian battalion from Chuvashia was defeated by a Ukrainian missile strike. Butusov Plus reported on this with reference to local media.

On October 29, while preparing for redeployment, a convoy of vehicles of the 1st Battalion of the 1251st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces came under a missile attack from the Ukrainian HIMARS system. The invader unit, which was manned by residents of Chuvashia, lost about 120 people killed and wounded. Ten vehicles from the convoy completely burned down.

The footage published by the local Telegram channel "Serditaya Chuvashia" captured the affected convoy of equipment immediately after the strike, as well as what remained of it after the fire subsided. In particular, the video captured burned KAMAZ trucks and UAZ vehicles.

Local media also clarified that as a result of the strike, the "Atal" ethnic battalion was almost completely destroyed. The media also discovered footage published last year of mobilized residents of Chuvashia being sent to Ukraine as part of the Russian Armed Forces.

Earlier this month, the Ukrainian military killed the operators of Russian ZALA 421-16E2 drones in the south in a similar fashion.

After locating the Russian military, Ukrainian servicemen of the Special Operations Forces unit adjusted the fire of the HIMARS system.