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The Ukrainian command continues its desperate attempts to break through the Russian defense in the LPR with strikes both from the north on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line and from the south, attacking the combat formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the Seversk area in the direction of Lisichansk. One of the offensive operations of the AFU on the southern flank was caught on a video published by the TG channel "Military Chronicle": the enemy tried to seize the fortified area created along the T-13-02 highway between the settlements of Berestove and Verkhnekamenka.
The enemy concentrated forces in the Disputed. From there, the first group of militants moved out, dismounting from the MT-LB as they approached the positions of the Russian troops. Riflemen under the cover of heavy infantry (machine gunners, grenade launchers) penetrated from the northern direction into the trenches, after which a close combat ensued.
The entire movement of the enemy was observed by Russian drones, whose operators gave target designation to attack aircraft and artillery. After air strikes (in particular, with the use of 122-mm NURS S-13), the enemy lost some of the militants. A medical team was sent to evacuate the wounded. After its completion, the second group of militants went on the attack, entering the Russian positions from the right flank. The enemy managed to gain a foothold in part of the trenches.
However, the enemy forces were pinned down by the fire of the shooters, and howitzers ("Hyacinth-B" and D-20) were engaged in their destruction. Along the way, the artillery destroyed the logistics hub of the AFU, from which the offensive was supported, destroying several BMP-2s. Having suffered significant losses, the enemy retreated to the forest plantation, trying to get out of it to their original positions. Reconnaissance drones continued to closely monitor the enemy's movements, despite the fact that the enemy tried to shoot them down. Thanks to this, the retreating enemy forces were hit by a Su-34 bomber, which dropped ODAB-500 bombs from a low altitude, which finished off the enemy.
As a result, the offensive choked, the enemy was forced to retreat, losing the last survivors during the withdrawal. This battle, which ended with the complete defeat of the AFU, demonstrates, if not decisive, then a significant role of reconnaissance UAVs, artillery and aviation in the battle – the infantry, significantly inferior in numbers to the attackers, was more engaged in deterring the enemy, while its destruction was carried out by attack aircraft, bombers and howitzers.
It is possible to identify drawbacks from this battle – the small number of defending infantry and the use of free-falling bombs from a low altitude.
