Ongoing battle during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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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]
In early March following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian and DPR forces captured the town of Volnovakha and began cementing a siege on Mariupol, connecting with troops in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and effectively seizing much of southern Ukraine. In Vuhledar, 23 kilomters north west of Volnovakha, Ukrainian forces prepared defenses, with Russia attacking the town on 13 and 14 March.[28][29] The attack failed however, with the frontline stabilizing just south of Vuhledar through the rest of March and into early April. On 6 April, Russian forces shelled a humanitarian warehouse in Vuhledar, killing two people and injuring five.[30] A Russian assault the following day saw fighting break out inside Vuhledar itself, but Ukrainian troops repulsed the attack by the end of the day.[31]
Three civilians were killed by Russian shelling in Vuhledar on 2 May.[32] Russian and DPR forces also launched an offensive towards Vuhledar and Kurakhove on 16 May, without success. Through June, much of the fighting was contained to drawn-out air and artillery battles near the town. One Ukrainian soldier was killed during these battles.[33] On 21 June, Ukrainian forces launched a localized counter-attack in the area around Vuhledar, recapturing Pavlivka and Mykilske with minimal casualties.[34] Ukrainian forces also recaptured Shevcheko on the following day,[35] and reached Yehorivka on 27 June.[36]
Throughout much of July, sporadic shelling and the occasional offensive occurred near Vuhledar. Russia and DPR forces launched two assaults on 12 July and 18 July, without success. On 10 August, Russian forces heavily shelled Vuhledar and the surrounding settlements, and attempted to launch an offensive but failed.[37] Further offensives continued on 27 and 28 August, albeit unsuccessfully.[38][39] Russian assaults towards Vuhledar continued over the following months with little success.[40][41][42]
October 2022–January 2023: Capture of Pavlivka and approach towards Vuhledar
Russian forces launched a massive assault on Pavlivka with 6,000 troops, directly south of Vuhledar, in an effort to capture Vuhledar, on the night between 28 and 29 October. The assault started, and broke through Ukrainian defenses south of the town, with Russian and DPR troops entering the southeastern portion of Pavlivka on 29 October.[43][44] Out of 60 men in a platoon from the Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, about 40 were killed and only eight escaped serious injury during a one-day assault on the town during late October.[45] The Ukrainian general staff did not mention shelling of Pavlivka as per usual reports, indicating Russian presence at the vicinity or in the town.[46] By 1 November, battles raged for the northern half of Pavlivka, with Ukraine drawing troops from nearby villages to support those in Pavlivka.[47]
By 6 November, the 155th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade had lost 63 men killed over just four days, and, along with the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade, had suffered another 240 casualties as well.[44] On 14 November, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed the capture of Pavlivka. Despite the pyrrhic success in Pavlivka, dissent grew among Russian soldiers as they suffered severe losses.[48]
In November 2022, the 155th Brigade was reportedly losing a hundred people a day during the assault on Pavlivka.[49]
Simultaneously, Russian forces struck civilian infrastructure in Vuhledar on 2 November.[46]
On 20 December, Russian strikes killed two civilians in Vuhledar and Torske.[50] According to Nazarii Khiszak, a Ukrainian commander on the frontline in Vuhledar, his unit managed to kill 11 Russians on 27 December, and 400 within just four days a month before.[51] Other Ukrainian commanders in the area expressed concern about the stability of the town's defense, as local doctors received up to 60 Ukrainian casualties a day. The same source also claimed that the Russians were using a 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled heavy mortar, which, at 240mm, is the largest currently in use.[51] In December, soldiers of Sergei Shoigu's PMC Patriot were spotted for the first time near Vuhledar.[15]
Also in December, public information surfaced that Sukhrab Akhmedov, commander of the 155th Marine Brigade, could be removed from his position, along with brigade commander Mikhail Gudkov.[52][53][54] However, by June 2023, Akhmedov had been transferred to Kreminna.[55]
Main battle (24 January – 15 February 2023)
The largest assault on Vuhledar throughout the war began on the night of 24 January 2023. On 25 January, war correspondent Andriy Rudenko stated that Ukrainian troops had lost the first line of defence near the town and withdrawn to the city.[56]DNR spokesman Daniil Bezsonov claimed that the DPR's Kaskad Battalion had participated in an advance, along with members of the Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade.[56][failed verification]
Localized offensives took place by Russian forces on 25 January, although British intelligence assessed it was unlikely that these assaults were able to hold any ground.[57][58] The spokesman for the Ukrainian Eastern Command, Serhii Cherevatyi, claimed Russian troops fired at Vuhledar 322 times on 26 January, with 58 localized battles taking place.[59] Ukrainian troops also repulsed Russian attacks on the western part of the town on January 26, although Russian forces consolidated some positions around the eastern half. Cherevatyi also claimed 109 Russian troops were killed and 188 were wounded.[60][61] That same day, Belarusian volunteer and activist Eduard Lobau was killed in action fighting near Vuhledar.[62]
On 27 January, Russian forces bombarded Vuhledar with a TOS-1 thermobaric rocket launcher.[63] In the following days, Russian forces suffered heavy casualties during the battle, with the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade taking the brunt of the losses.[64] By January 31, British intelligence claimed Russian advances in Vuhledar were unlikely to make any additional progress.[65]
According to Austrian-based analyst Tom Cooper from 2 February, the 155th Marine Brigade may have lost 200-230 men killed in action over the first three days of the operation, with the Ukrainians claiming to have shot down 5-6 Ka-52 helicopters between 24 and 28 January. He even mentioned a rumor “that all the involved Russian units suffered ‘up to 20,000 casualties’ (KIA, WIA, MIA) over the last week”. However, Cooper regarded the latter to be “wildly exaggerated”, and believed that a strike on 1,500 Russian reinforcements gathered in a single building in the nearby village of Kyryoovka (which reportedly inflicted ‘hundreds’ of casualties) may have caused the above reports of massive Russian losses in the Vuhledar area.[19]
In early February, videos emerged from Vuhledar alleging to show a destroyed Russian column near the town.[66] A Russian assault around 6 February saw 30 tanks and other heavy weapons destroyed by Ukrainian artillery.[67] In an interview by RFE/RL, relatives of killed soldiers stated that many Tatar volunteers from the Alga Battalion were killed in the 6 February attack.[68] These heavy losses saw the main fighting units in Vuhledar become the 72nd Motor Rifle Brigade, composed predominantly of Tatars.[67] The town's deputy mayor, Maksym Verbovsky, stated that Russian troops were attempting to surround the town from two sides, having advanced to nearby villages although being forced to fall back by Ukrainian defenses.[69]
A Russian offensive was initiated against the Ukrainian defensive line during the second week of February. On 8 February, an offensive of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), and infantry failed with large losses, including the loss of nearly 30 armored vehicles, IFVs and tanks.[70] The Ukrainian military announced almost the entire Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade was destroyed and Russia has lost 130 units of equipment, including 36 tanks. In the same announcement, they also claimed that the Russians were losing 150-300 marines killed per day in the battle.[71][21] General Rustam Muradov, commander of the Eastern Military District and of the Vuhledar offensive came under fire for the failure to achieve the objective.[72]
On 13 February, a Russian soldier from the 3rd Company of the 155th Brigade said that 500 soldiers had been killed during one assault, and that he was one of only eight survivors from his 100-man company.[10][73]
On 15 February, Ben Wallace, the British Secretary of State for Defence, said that over 1,000 Russian troops had been killed over just two days, and that an entire Russian brigade had effectively been "annihilated".[74] In a video appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin published on 25 March 2023, around 20 members of a unit tasked with assaulting Vuhledar, identified as the Storm Squad, the 5th Brigade of the 1st Corps of the Russian 8th Army, claimed that their commanders were utilizing anti-retreat troops to force them to advance. They stated that up to 304 of its members had been killed, including the company's commander, and that 22 had been wounded.[11]
Since February 2023
The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed that between 15 and 23 February, Russian forces continued to launch assaults on Vuhledar, although with no significant territorial changes.[75] The ISW also claimed elements of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade refused to participate in some assaults.[75] By late February, Russian troops had lost so many tanks and vehicles from the first battle that they shifted towards infantry attacks on the town.[76] Speaking to the New York Times, Vladislav Bayak, a commander in the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, claimed many Ukrainian counterattacks are done through ambushing the Russian vehicles using drones or waiting until the tanks are within range of Ukrainian anti-tank missiles.[76]
In March 2023, British intelligence claimed Russian military leadership had not abandoned the prospect of capturing Vuhledar, and that a second large offensive was plausible.[77] On 14 March, a Ukrainian soldier found a notebook apparently belonging to an as-yet unnamed Russian officer. The notebook seemed to provide a daily tally of manpower in a battalion-size assault group. A hundred soldiers attacked Ukrainian positions on 2 March, according to the notes. Just 16 came back. Two days later, 116 Russians attacked. Twenty-three survived. On 4 March, 103 soldiers left their bivouac. Just 15 came back. The next day, out of 115 attackers, three returned. According to the notes, that single Russian formation lost 377 troops in just a few days.[78]
On 15 April, Ukrainian Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi posted a photo of at least four destroyed Russian tanks near Vuhledar. Along with the picture, he stated that "Orcs [Russian troops] are resting [i.e., lying dead – ed.] near Vuhledar. Defence forces are holding positions near the town and preventing the enemy from approaching [the city of – ed.] Avdiivka. Our artillery is working precisely, and every soldier in the foxholes performs at the highest level."[79] On 21 April, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi described how his forces had again defeated the 155th Separate Marine Brigade, and that the Ukrainian 35th Marine and 56th Brigades had captured more than twenty Russian marines during a counterattack.[80] Between 26 and 28 April, Ukrainian forces claimed to have destroyed at least four T-80 and T-72 tanks near Nevel's'ke, a town just 20 miles south of Vuhledar.[81]
In May 2023, Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline near Vuhledar stated that Ukrainian forces in the area were lacking in heavy weapons, and Russian forces still held a numerical advantage in terms of troops and weaponry.[82] Around this same time, the British Ministry of Defense stated the 155th Separate Marine Brigade had "likely been reduced to combat-ineffective status."[83]
On 2 November 2023, the 155th Marine Brigade again attempted an assault on Vuhledar, and was defeated by the Ukrainian 72nd Brigade. Casualties were reportedly heavy, with perhaps a thousand Russian lives lost, along with 60 vehicle losses (including T-72B3 and T-80BV tanks) compared to 17 vehicles lost by the Ukrainians in a single day.[84]
On 4 May 2024, the Ukrainians published photos of 32 damaged or destroyed Russian vehicles following an assault by the 5th Tank Brigade, the 37th Motorized Rifle Brigade, and the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade. While the exact date of the attack was unspecified, it must have been recent, as some of the vehicles are "turtle tanks", which Russia has only started to use in recent weeks.[85]
Impact
In February 2023, Deputy Mayor Verbovsky stated that Vuhledar "was destroyed", with "one hundred percent of the buildings damaged;"[69] fewer than 500 civilians, and only one child, remained in the town once populated with 15,000 residents.[86][87] The town no longer has running water or electricity because of the damage inflicted on it, with civilians being forced to collect rainwater to drink in February.[88]
On 26 March 2023, Russian media reported that Muradov was demoted from his position as Commander of Eastern Military District.[89][90] While this news was not officially confirmed by the Russian government, head of Russian military analysis channel Rybar, Mikhail Zvinchuk, stated that Muradov had been given a vacation that is "almost tantamount to resignation".[91] Following this, Russian war correspondents claimed that he had been replaced as acting commander of the Eastern Military District by Lieutenant General Andrey Kuzmenko, despite officially remaining at its head.[92]
A May 2023 report by ReliefWeb stated that Vuhledar urban hromada, an administrative unit that contains Vuhledar and four other nearby villages, had only 1,100 civilians left out of a pre-war population of 26,000. Most of the civilians are elderly, and all services like food, water, electricity, and healthcare are nonexistent.[93] In June, RadioFreeEurope reported 60 civilians, including three children were killed since fighting began in Vuhledar.[94]
On 26 October 2023, the Institute for the Study of War, an American-based think-tank, assessed that Russian armored losses around Vuhledar prevented the Russian command from committing to sustained mechanized assaults elsewhere in Ukraine in the spring and winter of 2023.[95]
Analysis
Vuhledar is situated on a height above the operationally significant T0509 highway between Velyka Novosilka and Novotroitske, and is key to fire control of the highway.[96]
Ukrainian officials have called the battle of Vuhledar "the biggest tank battle of the war", with over 130 Russian tanks and APCs being damaged or destroyed in the course of the battle.[76][97] Analysts believed many of the Russian casualties and loss of equipment stemmed from the makeup of the Russian brigades, being predominantly untrained mobilized recruits.[76] Military experts told the Wall Street Journal that the heavy Russian losses indicated that the soldiers likely lacked autonomy to adapt to events on the battlefield, possibly combined with poor training of recently mobilized troops.[98]
^Melkozerova, Veronika (12 February 2023). "Russia may have lost an entire elite brigade near a Donetsk coal-mining town". Politico. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023. 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.
يفتقر محتوى هذه المقالة إلى الاستشهاد بمصادر. فضلاً، ساهم في تطوير هذه المقالة من خلال إضافة مصادر موثوق بها. أي معلومات غير موثقة يمكن التشكيك بها وإزالتها. (ديسمبر 2018) لمعانٍ أخرى، طالع الضيق (توضيح). الضيق - قرية - تقسيم إداري البلد اليمن المحافظة محافظ
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