Ukrainian soldiers conducting daring missions in small groups are making gains on the eastern front but face higher risks of fighting the enemy at close range.
By Alex Horton and Serhiy Morgunov, The Washington PostA soldier in the 77th Separate Airmobile Brigade in the Donetsk region.
While big, complex maneuvers unfold in Ukraine’s southern counteroffensive, and long-range artillery duels thunder along the front lines, such small-team tactics are less visible. Percent’s unit, the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, participated in the liberation of Andriivka in mid-September. Some wounded have returned to the battlefield, but many others have not. “We’ve suffered big losses,” he said.
The final push to retake Andriivka started at night, said Rollo, the commander of the brigade’s 1st Battalion. An assault battalion and armored units drove wedges into enemy territory and took heavy losses fighting over a strategic road, Rollo said. Russian resistance was fierce. Enemy radio intercepts indicated that the Russians would be shot by their own side if they retreated.
The enemy waves kept coming, Rollo said, and at one point, his soldiers were at risk of being overrun. Ukrainian troops were on one side of a road, in fighting positions, and on the other side were about 30 enemy soldiers in a field, separated by a few yards and drawing closer. On a recent afternoon, soldiers of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade, which helped liberate Klishchiivka last month, lined up at a training range to hone their marksmanship. One officer pointed to a U.S.-made M16. It’s a good rifle, he explained, but they don’t have enough weapons and ammunition to press as hard as they want.
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