In the course of a battle operation south of the city of Kharkiv, units of Ukraine Armed Forces 93rd Mechanized Brigade wiped out a large force of Russian troops deployed in a village outside Kharkiv.
For the Russian force, the operation ended up in the loss of over five dozen combat and special vehicles destroyed, the 93rd Brigade reported on Facebook.
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Tellingly, among the Russian vehicles destroyed were as many as three command staff (battalion) vehicles R-149MA1 that make part of the Sozvezdie authomated command and control system.
As an interesting note, the Russians deployed their command post in a farm compound. They then forcibly took away several trucks from the farm company and used them for their needs.
To defend the command post from air attacks, the Russians used a mix of assets that included at least two Tor air defense missile vehicles and one ZU-23-4 Shilka anti-aircraft gun vehicle.
Retreating Russian forces left behind a vehicle that carries ammunition for the Buratino TOS-1 self-propelled multiple rocket launcher. The vehicle was captured as trophy by Ukrainian soldiers.
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