Paratroopers repelled Russian attack near Kurakhov | News robot

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Ukrainian fighters of the 79th Separate Airborne Assault Tavricheskaya Brigade repelled a major attack by Russian invaders.

Ukrainian fighters of the 79th Separate Airborne Assault Tavricheskaya Brigade have repelled a major attack by invaders near Kurakhov, Donetsk region. The 79th ODShBr reported this on Facebook.

The attackers tried to break through the paratroopers' defenses near the village of Konstantinovka and threw four tanks and 17 armored fighting vehicles with infantry into the attack.

“During the battle, the paratroopers burned three tanks and three armored vehicles with infantry.” Another armored fighting vehicle was damaged. “Other vehicles shamefully fled the battlefield,” the report said.

In addition, 15 attackers were eliminated and another nine wounded.

Artillerymen, drone pilots, tank destroyers and infantrymen were involved in the defense.

We would like to remind you that soldiers of the 3rd separate assault brigade published footage of the soldiers of the 1st mechanized battalion and the assault battalion. The soldiers show how the offensive of the 3rd assault brigade began in the Kharkiv region.