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Today a lot is happening towards Kurakhov
Over the last fewer days, there have been a series of attacks and counterattacks in the vicinity of Krasnohorivka, which have intensified and signaled the advanced precedence of the Russian forces in establishing control of this city as a preliminary step to launch the attack on Kurachowe.
After the fall of Marinka, Krasnohorivka became another logical step due to its advanced tactical value for Russians
The capture of the city would let them to advance towards the fields, threatening to supply Ukrainian fortresses further on the line behind Marinka and providing fire control on Ukrainian flanks.
Thus the Russians would gain a considerable advantage by attacking the Ukrainians besides from the flank.
Russian attacks on Krasnohorivka, which have been going on for weeks, are conducted on 2 main axes: from the south towards the residential area and from the east, through farms and field lands.
The Russians encountered strong opposition on both axes as these areas had already been heavy fortified since the beginning of the conflict in 2014
As a result, Russian attacks on the confederate territory of the city and from the east by farms and agrarian areas yet failed in the first attempt, as Russian forces were incapable to consolidate their positions, forcing them
to retreat.
However, Russian forces took small time to regroup and begin preparations for the next storm
These efforts included crucial artillery preparation
Among another goals, geolocation recordings confirmed the demolition of Ukrainian radio-electronic combat equipment that was in the process of deployment.
Soon thereafter, the Russians yet started another wave, attacking both from the east and the south.
In this last axis, the mechanized attack was highly large, consisting of about 2 platoons.
Geolocation movie material shows the first attack of six armored vehicles, which got under dense artillery fire already on approach.
The Ukrainians widely utilized cluster ammunition, and the mechanized attack was yet repulsed with FPV drones.
What happened later was the subject of worldwide attention: the Russians led another wave mechanized with a full welded tank covered with metallic plates, designed to defend against FPV drones.
In addition, a strong radio-electronic combat device was placed in the advanced section to weaken FPV attacks.
This interesting team, called “the turtle tank”, was able to cross the confederate territory and return to base without destruction.
This event sparked comments from respective Ukrainian military analysts for 2 reasons
First, there were no FPV drone attacks on the tank-turtle, so electronic combat devices on board proved effective.
Secondly, the fact that ATGM units did not attack the tank either, but only artillery fire was reported, indicates worrying material shortages in this front area.
As for the turtle tank, after countless comments on social media, Russian armed forces yet published a more detailed video in which they illustrated the improvement process of the turtle tank, showing further details
Unfortunately for the Russians, this material was geolocated by Ukrainian forces, and shortly afterwards the base of the tanks-turtle was hit and destroyed by the Ukrainian attack of HIMARS.
Then came the Ukrainians.
Geolocated materials show counterattacks of Ukrainian forces in the same areas where the earlier Russian attack occurred, indicating that Ukrainian troops regained their positions after the first Russian mechanized attack.
The footage shows a number of FPV missiles and drone attacks on a building in the east part of the city
This building was 1 of the main Russian positions in the area.
Finally, the advanced level of the building began to burn, and any of its parts even began to collapse.
It was hard for the Russians to accept this failure and as if the scale of the last attack was not large enough, Russian forces doubled efforts and increased the scale of the next offensive to a immense level.
Firstly, Russian forces resumed the concept of a turtle tank with fresh iterations, with the same tactical thought of conducting respective waves of mechanized attacks
Ukrainian officer stated that Russian forces carried out mechanized attacks close Krasnohorivka utilizing tens of armored vehicles, including BMP and T-72 tanks.
Source: Reports from Ukraine
