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Battle of Vuhledar | |||||||
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Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign in the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||
Ukrainian soldiers in a destroyed building in Vuhledar, February 2023 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ukraine | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Rustam Muradov Sukhrab Akhmedov Mikhail Gudkov[5] |
Nazarii Khiszak[6] Vladyslav Bayak[7][8] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Main Battle: 20,000 troops 90 main battle tanks 180 IFVs 100 artillery pieces[18][19] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Ukrainian claim: Confirmed losses:88+ armored vehicles, including 25+ tanks[24] |
Ukrainian claim: "As many as" 60 killed or wounded a day (September only)[6] 100 killed or wounded (one battalion; Nov. '22–Feb. '23)[25] Russian claim: 200 killed or wounded (January 24–25)[12] Equipment losses: 20 armored vehicles destroyed, including two tanks[26] | ||||||
60 civilians killed[27] |
The battle of Vuhledar is an ongoing military engagement, part of the eastern Ukraine campaign during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, around the town of Vuhledar in western Donetsk Oblast, near the pre-invasion line of contact between Ukraine and the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. Ukrainian commanders have described it as the largest tank battle of the Russo-Ukrainian War to date.
Russian forces also were losing 150-300 marines a day near Vuhledar, Dmytrashkivskyi said. He estimated the brigade to have comprised some 5,000 soldiers in all, whose members had been killed, wounded or taken prisoner.
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