Press service of the Ukrainian Land Forces has published footage of a combat that took place near the town of Yahidne in northeastern Ukraine. An assault group of Ukrainian forces approached the trenches occupied by russian forces entrenched in a windbreak under fire cover from two YPR-765 infantry fighting vehicles.
Having disembarked from the vehicles, the soldiers assumed positions and entered the trench to engage in close combat with the enemy. The process is filmed by a drone hovering above the location.
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The press service did not specify whether it was a successful assault or not. The exact location has been figured out by open-source intelligence enthusiasts, and DeepStateUA, one of OSINT communities, is currently considering these territories as controlled by russian forces.
Worth noting, such footage usually gets published only after a while from when the depicted operations take place. A potential outcome is a successful assault by Ukrainians with subsequent retaking of the position and stabilization of the frontline on the part of russians.
A brief reminder, the YPR-765 vehicles involved in the attack are Dutch versions of the American M113 tracked armored personnel carrier, with a 12.7mm machine gun.
Another notable detail is the preliminary preparation for the assault of the position: the ground is covered with artillery hits, although they could be left by either side, given the intense character of back-to-back fighting for contested areas. Apart from that, the windbreak trees have been completely obliterated.
In an earlier article from a few months ago, we highlighted how Ukrainian forces needed to apply scorched earth tactics to just see well-camouflaged trenches beneath the greenery, and the video provides just an example of that.
Sometimes, this is done with incendiary munitions deployed by small aerial FPV drones. Note: the following video is unrelated to the described episode, just an illustrative case of how Ukraine occasionally needs to literally scorch out the positions occupied by the russians:
Архівне, раніше не можна було показувати. Воїни 78 полку ДШВ Stalker Squad випалюють скидами з FPV посадку, у якій засіли росіяни. Дрони FPV — універсальний засіб. І ми тільки починаємо розкривати їхній потенціал. pic.twitter.com/PbW0UaOHAc — Serhii Sternenko ✙ (@sternenko) January 17, 2024
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