Forbes: Vovchansk Aggregate Plant Became A Trap For Russians

GUR cleared the concrete fortress in hand-to-hand combat.

The liberation of the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant eliminates the threat that the Russian Armed Forces posed to the Ukrainian army, which is advancing north toward Russian-held Volchansk. Forbes reports this.

It took three months to dislodge the occupiers from the plant, during which the Armed Forces of Ukraine dropped bombs and also harassed the Russians at the plant with drones and snipers.

As the Russian offensive in Vovchansk began to wane this summer, Ukrainian counterattacks gradually pushed the front line in the city further north, leaving the Russians at the chemical plant even more isolated than before.

The intelligence agency waited until the surviving Russians were exhausted, then stormed the complex with at least four separate teams of special forces. They stormed the plant and cleared it room by room in an operation the agency described as “extremely complex and successful.”

“The GUR fighters carried out a systematic clearing of the plant buildings, constantly engaging in close combat with the enemy in densely built-up areas. In some cases, Ukrainian special forces engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy,” the report said, citing Ukrainian intelligence.

The journalists explained that the aggregate plant could have functioned as a kind of base to cover Russian troops crossing the Vovchya River, but instead it became a trap for the occupiers.

“It is unknown how many Russians remained alive in the plant when it was liberated. At the start of the battle, hundreds of Russians were reportedly scattered across 30 buildings — a formidable force. They enjoyed some fire support from Russian artillery positioned to the north, and were reportedly receiving some supplies delivered by small drones,” the article says.

In addition, according to Forbes, the dismissal of PJSC Vovchansk Plant is also revenge by Ukrainian soldiers whose comrades found themselves on the other side of a brutal urban siege following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukrainian territory.

“But that doesn’t mean the Ukrainians have turned the tide of the war. As winter approaches, the fighting remains very volatile,” the journalists concluded.

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