Forbes: Russians Loose 300 Units Of Hardware Near Novomykhailivka

Catastrophic losses for the occupants.

While the AFU were repelling the occupiers' offensive on Avdiivka, another part of the Russians undertook a smaller but no less costly attack on Novomykhailivka.

As Forbes writes, around the same time that the occupiers captured what was left of Avdiivka in mid-April, they also occupied Novomykhailivka. The first battle cost them more, but only in sheer numbers, and in terms of the scale of the fighting, the six-month battle for Novomykhailivka was just as bloody.

It is quite possible that the Russian Federation lost more than 40,000 troops - one-third killed, two-thirds wounded - plus more than 1,000 pieces of hardware when capturing Avdiivka.

Meanwhile, the AFU decommissioned more than 300 enemy vehicles near Novomykhailivka. This means that the losses of the occupation forces are about 13,000 killed and wounded. ‘Ukrainian losses in both battles were much smaller,’ the publication noted.

The journalists noted that late last year, seven Russian regiments and brigades, including the ill-fated 155th Marine Brigade, attacked the Ukrainian garrison in Novomykhailivka, which consisted of two active brigades. The fighting was merciless. The occupiers were losing tanks, including T-54s from the 1950s, T-62s from the 1960s, and newer T-72s and T-80s. Ukrainian mines, artillery and drones hit dozens of tanks, but the Russians kept attacking. As in the battle for Avdiivka, the occupiers ran out of special armoured vehicles and used quite a few self-made vehicles as replacements.

The heavy losses the AFU inflicted on the Russians paused but did not prevent the occupation of Novomykhailivka in mid-April this year.

As in Avdiivka, the Ukrainian military defending Novomykhailivka desperately needed artillery shells and anti-tank missiles, mainly because of the prolonged non-availability of U.S. aid, which was blocked by Russian-friendly Republican lawmakers. ‘This blockade finally ended when Russian troops entered Novomykhailivka,’ the publication stated.

‘At the cost of 320 vehicles and thousands of troops, the Russians advanced 6 kilometres deep into and through Novomykhailivka in six months. Whether the ruins of the town are worth the price Russia has paid for it is a question that only the Russians can answer,’ the journalists summarised.

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