14 Jun: Dead in 7 minutes: Disoriented Russian Driver Got His Unit Killed! - Reporting from Ukraine

[TexasTowelie]

Day 842: Jun 14

Today, there are a lot of updates from the Bakhmut direction.

The most interesting news comes from the northern flank of Chasiv Yar. Here, the Russians attempted to establish a foothold on the western side of the canal to attack Chasiv Yar from the north. However, Ukrainians thwarted this operation on time, forcing Russians to yet again focus on casualty-heavy assaults in the Kanal district for marginal gains.

To achieve the goal of expanding assaults on Chasiv Yar from the north, the main goal of Russian forces became the village of Kalinivika. This village, located north of the town, is significant for the Russians because an overground passage over the canal would enable Russians to cross it. Russians want to exploit this crossing to establish a bridgehead and use it to launch further attacks on Chasiv Yar. Such an approach could enable Russians to attack Ukrainian rear positions and stretch their lines, which could cause Ukrainians to withdraw from the Kanal district.

In one such assault, Russians managed to cross the canal to establish positions on the other side. Combat footage shows an MT-LB armored transport carrying ten Russian soldiers across the canal. Subsequently, the squad dismounted from the vehicle to establish positions in the nearby trenches. However, unfortunately for the Russians, they were immediately targeted by a kamikaze drone, which wounded a third of the assault squad. This caused panic among the whole team, which dispersed while the MT-LB drove off to the northwest, leaving everyone behind. The uncensored full versions of Russian and Ukrainian operations can be found on our Telegram channel.

The prompt Ukrainian strike against the Russian infantry group suggests that Ukrainian forces have extensive visibility in the area. Institute For the Study of War assesses that the Russian infantry group likely did not survive the assault and that Russian troops could not establish enduring positions in the area due to this particular attack. While the fate of the Russian unit remains unknown, Ukrainian sources reported that the unit got so far because it got lost, and then it was reportedly eliminated.

After the failed operation, Ukrainians took advantage of the disorganized and dispersed state of Russians in the area to launch a counterattack to retake the lost parts of Kalinivka. BILD assesses that the Ukrainians were successful and retook Kalinivka from the Russians, effectively diminishing their gains by pushing them to the eastern outskirts of the village.

As a result of the failure to advance on the Kanal residential district from the flanks, Russian commanders decided to intensify heavy casualty-inducing frontal assaults on the Kanal district. Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky stated that Russians are trying to take it at all costs. It was noted that Russians used an unusually high number of infantry fighting vehicles in combination with T-Ninety-M tanks; many of these were successfully destroyed by Ukrainian anti-tank guided missile
and drone operators.

Russian Airforce bombardments with glide bombs collapsed large sections of high-rises at the eastern edges of the district, while rubble collapsed and blocked many hallways and parts of seemingly intact parts of buildings. This made the buildings untenable for any defensive positions, forcing the Ukrainians to withdraw from them and leaving weak points for Russian fighters to exploit.

Geolocated footage shows a squad of eight Russian airborne troops crossing a road from a seized building and taking up positions in the Chasiv Yar repair plant. Another combat video shows airborne troops clearing out the Ukrainian positions in a high-rise building. After that, the Russians raise their flag over the building. The full version of the Russian operations can be found on our Telegram channel as well.

Based on this footage, we can see that the Russian fighters advanced up to Obraztsova Street. To the right of the street are five-story high-rise buildings seen in the video. These buildings enable Russians to have strong firing positions. Then again, Ukrainians on the other side of the street are also in high-rises, so both Russians and Ukrainians diminish any chances of either having fire control here...
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[niyad]

1. Slava Ukraini. Thank you for the update.

[Deuxcents]

2. I am pleased with any and all victories for Ukraine but I wonder when the Russian population

Is gonna have enough of this nightmare Putin has created for them by invading a sovereign country unprovoked. Do they even realize they’ve been misled or the demise of so many of their nation’s sons? Do they know they have been paying for mercenaries for their cause? Ukraine has and is paying a different price to save their country and its past time to put an end to this madness and hold Putin accountable. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

[Skittles]

3. yup

this is because of that tiny little coward Putin........sickening

[SleeplessinSoCal]

4. I wonder about those Russians who think back to Afghanistan.

Was that 1980? I recall the US boycotted the Summer Olympics in Moscow.

I suspect they don't want a repeat failure because in many ways it was the first crack in the Wall.