Ukrainians penetrate Russian flanks by 5 kilometers on tanks! - RFU News

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Today the biggest news comes from the
Nepropetk region. Here the Russians are
trying to build up a bridge head across
the Vauvcha River to advance further.
However, Ukrainian forces attacked them
at the right moment and conducted a
daring maneuver not only to push the
enemy back but also to endanger their
flank. Ukraine's goal in this sector is
to neutralize the Russians in Ivanka
before they can dig in and outflank Novo
Pavlka. Clearing the enemy and
recapturing Ivanfka would not only
eliminate them from this side of the
river, but once secured, these positions
can also be used for exerting pressure
on the flank and isolating other Russian
units, further diminishing their
offensive capability.
The Ukrainian plan involved an element
of surprise to catch the Russians off-
guard. Deploy tanks to soften up the
resistance inside Ivanovka by pinning
them down with their firepower.
Including the use of FPV drones in the
preparation stage would allow the
Ukrainian infantry to systematically
sweep through the settlement and
neutralize the remaining disorganized
Russians, bringing it back under
Ukrainian control. The main Ukrainian
tactical advantage is the location of
Ivanka as it is separated from the main
Russian forces by the Vauvcha River.
Because of the weather and the proximity
to the river, the Ukrainians can also
benefit from the dense fog, preventing
the Russians from using drones while
allowing the Ukrainians to use tanks,
which can provide stronger fire support.
Also, if we take a look at the
topographic map, we can see that there
are Ukrainian positions located on the
hills north of Ivanovka looking down on
the village. This provides a significant
advantage as the Ukrainians maintain
full fire control over the settlement
and the river crossing while possessing
superior observation points and
benefiting from improved signal coverage
for drones. To keep Russian troops in
Ivanovka supplied, everything has to be
brought in across the river, which makes
their logistics much more complicated.
Furthermore, the Russian positions
inside the village are too weak and too
close to the front line to permit secure
crossings of armored vehicles over the
river, which means the Russians are
unable to deploy such or even bring in
significant forces with ease. As a
result, the Russian assault groups found
themselves overextended and without
enough support to compensate for the
unfavorable conditions, making them an
easy target for the Ukrainians.
Ukrainian forces launched their
operation at a well-chosen moment before
Russian troops could establish
themselves, attacking under thickening
fog, which temporarily reduced the
threat from Russian drones and
exploiting conditions that made it
possible to use tanks in an environment
where they are otherwise rarely
employed.
Geoloccated footage shows how a
Ukrainian Leopard 105 tank conducts
preliminary strikes and fires its 105 mm
cannon from a concealed position,
targeting concentrations of enemy
infantry.
The tank hit the Russian positions in
the village spot on, killing two Russian
soldiers and wounding others. To
supplement this, Ukrainian operators
launched their FPV drones with fiber
optics to hunt the Romanian soldiers one
by one. After the Russian positions were
softened up, Marines of the 37th Brigade
descended from the hills and started
clearing the enemy dugouts in close
quarter combat using small arms fire and
explosives while drones circled above
and dropped grenades on the remaining
Russian infantry. As a result, Ukrainian
forces advanced 1.5 km in a 5 km wide
area, clearing Ivanka completely and
pushed back the Russians behind the
Vauvcha River. 53 Russian soldiers were
killed during the operation and the
remaining 19, recognizing that
withdrawal was impossible and that the
main Russian contingent was incapable of
mounting a rescue chose to surrender.
Overall, Russian forces advanced into
Ivanka, hoping to establish a bridge
head over the river only to land in a
kill zone in the lowlands.
Ukrainian marines capitalized on the bad
weather and used tanks to destroy the
enemy contingent, left without an option
to retreat.
When the Russian high command decides to
assault in the sector again, they will
meet an even bigger obstacle as they
would now have to cross the river again,
facing an improved Ukrainian defense on
high alert. At the same time, after
capturing Ivanovka, the Ukrainians will
be able to conduct raids on the flank
and put the Russian sail into the east
under constant pressure.

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1. Slava Ukraini. Thank you for the update.