Battles in Zaporizhzhia Direction September 14, 2022

🔻Following the withdrawal of the Russian Armed Forces troops from Kharkiv Region, the Ukrainian command is amassing forces to strike in other areas.

▪️ The AFU concentrates reserves near the Orikhiv locality. 65th Separate Mechanized Infantry Brigade, 102nd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade and 44th Artillery Brigade units have arrived there. Three Ukrainian Bukovel anti-drone electronic warfare systems are operating on the line of contact.

▪️ The enemy is actively conducting reconnaissance of the Russian positions using western-made Matrix and RQ-20 Puma drones.

▪️ At about 9 am, 65th Separate Mechanized Infantry Brigade infantry company and several equipment pieces launched an offensive from the direction of Orikhiv against Russian positions near Nesteryanka locality.

▪️ The Ukrainian command's concept was to encircle the village from two sides. However, the attack collapsed almost immediately: the Russian Armed Forces units met the attackers with fire.

▪️ The advancing enemy equipment entered a Russian minefield that had been set up beforehand. The first to explode was a Western-made YPR-765 IFV, followed by a T-72 tank.

▪️ Having lost the military equipment, Ukrainian units withdrew to their original positions.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces units captured three tank crew members, including the tank's commander in the rank of lieutenant. The AFU attack ended in total failure.

▪️ Nevertheless, this is by no means the last attempt of the enemy to attack the area.

🔻 The AFU's concept is to simultaneously create tension in several places in order to force the Russian Armed Forces to redeploy all reserves to possible breakthrough areas, and then to strike the main blow in one direction.