Ukrainian fighters 'destroyed a column of enemy equipment' west of Avdiivka over the weekend, Kyiv's 25th Airborne Brigade said in a statement.
New footage appears to show the moment Ukrainian forces fought off one of Russia's largest tank assaults in more than 25 months of grueling warfare, highlighting the steep cost Moscow's military is footing in armored vehicles for territorial gains in eastern Ukraine.On Monday, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said paratroopers from the country's 25th Airborne Brigade had stopped a 'massive' Russian attack close to the village of Tonenke, directly west of Avdiivka.
The Institute for the Study of War , a U.S. think tank following daily developments of the war in Ukraine, described the Russian attack around Tonenke as Moscow's 'first battalion-sized mechanized assault' since the Kremlin kicked off its offensive on Avdiivka in October 2023. A tank battalion in this conflict typically has just upwards of 30 tanks.Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov described Saturday's push as one of the largest armored attacks for months.
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