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In October 2022, after the enemy launched a massive counteroffensive, heavy fighting was waged on the right bank of the Dnieper. In the area of the settlement of Kostroma there were units of the 76th airborne division. Thanks to the fighters of this compound, an archive video of the battle of a Russian tank appeared, which alone acted against all enemy forces thrown into the attack.
The enemy, trying to capture the village, used a typical tactic for him: vehicles with motorized infantry lined up in dense battle formations (in this case in two columns) and moved zigzags along the forest plantations, thus masking their movement. When approaching the Russian positions, the vehicles had to disperse and go on the assault.
An enemy cluster consisting of more than 20 BMP-1 and YPR-765 armored personnel carriers and 4 T-72B tanks supporting them (one with a minesweeper) was detected by a reconnaissance UAV, artillery began to work on it. However, the main losses to the enemy were inflicted by the crew of the T-72B3, entering alone into battle with superior enemy forces.
The Russian tank, being in ambush in front of the right column, began to work on the enemy moving on the left. In confusion, the crew of one of the YPR-765 decided that the shooting was being carried out from the equipment coming from the right and opened fire on their own. Confusion began, some of the motorized infantry dismounted, trying to hide in the forest belt.
After realizing the threat, one of the T-72B engaged in a battle with a Russian tank, but got hit in the frontal part of the hull and began to roll back. Part of the enemy's armored vehicles began moving against the T-72B3, including trying to outflank it. Under these conditions, the crew of the Russian tank decided to leave the battlefield. In total, during the battle, two mechanized companies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost eight pieces of equipment.
