Counterattacking Ukrainian Troops ‘Destroyed’ Russian Marines

Ukrainian troops reportedly surrounded and destroyed On Friday, a small unit from the Russian 810th Marine Brigade at the northern tip of Ukraine’s 250-square-mile bulge in the Kursk Oblast in western Russia.

It is the latest disaster for one of the leading units in Russia’s eight-day counteroffensive in the region. The Russian President predicts that US President-elect Donald Trump will rely on Ukraine for a ceasefire that will freeze the front line. Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to remove Ukrainian troops from Kursk before Trump’s inauguration in January.

We have weeks of tough challenges ahead of us. But so far the Russians have advanced only a few hundred meters, lost more than 100 vehicles, and probably thousands of soldiers killed and wounded.

2,000-man 810th Marine Infantry Brigade supported by thousands of soldiers North Korean reinforcementsmay be the most affected. “The 810th brigade is currently bleeding,” said a Russian blogger reported. Ukraine is “sent into impromptu attacks every day” against the “persistent defense” of the 95th Air Assault Brigade.

The first two days of attacks on 7 and 8 November cost the 810th Marine Infantry Brigade dearly and revealed deep dysfunction in the brigade’s chain of command that contributed to the massive casualties.

According to Russian blogger Romanov, brigade officers told the Russian general staff that the roads around the village of Pogrebki, on the front line just north of the Kursk salient, were clear of Ukrainian mines. “Logically, after receiving this information, the general staff gave the order to raid the settlement,” Romanov said. explained.

roads wasn’t It was cleared of mines. The factory-fresh BTR-82 wheeled combat vehicles of the 810th Marine Infantry Brigade exploded like fireworks. The vehicles that got inside hit a wall of Ukrainian artillery, missiles, drones and tank fire.

95th Air Assault Brigade requested it and neighboring brigades destroyed 36 Russian vehicles and killed 100 Russian sailors in the first two days. Rather than learn from this disastrous experience, the 810th Marine Infantry Brigade continued to send troops into inevitable attacks. “Deliberate disinformation by the 810th Brigade command to the general staff has become routine practice,” Romanov wrote.

“Russia is advancing but also expending significant amounts of men and materials in the process.” explained Black Bird Group analyst Emil Kastehelmi. And these advances are modest. The Ukrainians can no longer control Pogrebki, but the Russians cannot fully control it either.

An M-2 Bradley fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade shot down Russian BTR-82s at Orlovka, just south of Pogrebki, on Thursday. On the same day, the 95th Air Assault Brigade counterattacked the area and captured some Russian sailors.

No one knows for sure what Trump will do, or rather, what he will do. to try He has some things to do when he takes office on January 20. His cabinet picks are an odd mix: a television presenter with modest military experience as defense minister, a notorious conspiracy theorist as intelligence director.

The Trump administration currently taking shape could be deeply dysfunctional. Time will tell how this will shape the war in Ukraine. But one thing is certain, according to Tatarigami, founder of the Ukrainian analysis group Frontelligence Insight. “Anyone who thinks the Ukrainians will give up is not paying attention to this,” Tatarigami said wrote.

Ukraine’s ongoing resistance is aided by the fact that at least one key Russian brigade is fighting blindly, relying on bad intelligence and bad orders.