The Separate Presidential Brigade strikes armored vehicles of Russian assault units near Vuhledar

30 October, 2024 FPV drone, illustrative photo. Source: heroesukraine.org The units of the Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Presidential Brigade hit the armored vehicles of the invaders' assault units on the western flank of Vuhledar.

The video was published on the brigade's official Telegram account. In this sector, the Russians do not stop trying to break through. And Ukrainian defenders are destroying enemy equipment day and night, holding back the invaders' advance.

The Ukrainian military noted that the invaders did not stop, and after breaking another of their convoys, they regrouped, collected the remains of equipment, and made new attempts to attack. The next convoy consisted of more than 15 vehicles. The enemy split up and tried to move towards two settlements at once.

FPV drones hit some of the Russian armored vehicles, and some exploded on mines. The video captures the work of drone operators from the Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Presidential Brigade: the Bulava UAV Unit of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion and the Khymer Unit of the 20th Special Purpose Battalion.

According to Ukrainian defenders, the enemy's tactics remain unchanged: to break through at any cost and unload the infantry despite heavy losses in equipment and manpower.

Russian armored vehicles damaged near Vuhledar. October 2024. Frame from the video of the Separate Presidential Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

It is noted that the enemy's plans are being disrupted, in particular, due to the coordinated work of the unmanned component of Ukrainian units.

Aerial reconnaissance detects the movement of enemy equipment in a timely manner, and attack drones strike at it, including outside their defense area, supporting neighboring units in this area. A few days earlier, the Russians had attempted a massive mechanized assault in this area, involving a significant number of military vehicles and tanks.

However, the Ukrainian military managed to detect the advance of enemy equipment in a timely manner and quickly prepared to repel the assault and destroy it.