For the primary time shortly, Russian forces launched a mechanised assault on Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast on Saturday 16 August, deploying armoured autos from the left financial institution of the Oskil River, however Ukrainian troops efficiently repelled the assault.
Supply: 429th Drone Regiment Achilles
Particulars: A convoy of two tanks, three MT-LB armoured preventing autos and round 40 Russian personnel superior in the direction of the left-bank space of Kupiansk.
The assault was repelled and the armoured autos had been destroyed because of the coordinated and well timed actions of the 429th Achilles Drone Regiment, 116th Separate Mechanised Brigade and fifteenth Operational Project Kara Dag Brigade.
The Achilles Regiment destroyed one tank and two MT-LB armoured preventing autos on the entrance to Lyman Pershyi, whereas additionally damaging one other MT-LB.
Quote from Anton Shmahailo, commander of the first battalion of Achilles Drone Regiment: "Over the previous two months, the enemy has been making an attempt to infiltrate the defence forces' fight formations into the rear every single day. Attaining vital positive aspects with such techniques calls for appreciable time and manpower. Due to this fact, the enemy determined to hold out an area blitzkrieg, hoping that nobody would anticipate an armoured assault."
Background: In late 2024, Shmahailo reported that Russian forces had been ordered to seize Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi earlier than the New 12 months. On 3 and 4 January, the Achilles troops repelled a Russian assault involving 20 armoured autos close to the village of Zahryzove on the Kupiansk entrance.
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