ORIKHIV: Ukrainian troops whose US-made Bradley armoured autos have been broken or destroyed in an assault on Russian positions final week vowed Sunday that they’d quickly resume the struggle.A gaggle of Bradley combating autos backed by German-made Leopard tanks got here beneath fireplace on Thursday, as Ukraine’s forty seventh Brigade launched an offensive southeast of Zaporizhzhia — a part of a contemporary bid to claw again some territory from Russia.Drone footage of the ambush, shared on Russian propaganda channels, confirmed a number of autos hit.A gaggle of Ukrainian troopers taking a break from the combating simply outdoors the small city of Orikhiv, within the southern area of Zaporizhzhia, advised AFP they’d misplaced most of their Bradleys.Of 9 autos connected to the group’s mechanised infantry unit — not the one one concerned within the battle — six have been wrecked, three broken however reparable, and one was unscathed.The group mentioned Russian forces had been forewarned, having taunted the Ukrainians the evening earlier than the battle over their radios, and so they suspected somebody had leaked info.Requested whether or not they had captured any floor regardless of coming beneath such heavy fireplace, one of many troopers held up his finger and thumb in a gesture to point very small progress.”When our Bradleys are repaired, we’ll be proper again at them,” one other mentioned.No casualty determine has been launched, however AFP was advised that the quantity was lower than some initially feared, because the autos had offered safety even after being disabled.”Who could be joyful receiving these orders, ‘Go and take these Russian positions that are effectively protected’?” a senior officer, who requested to not be recognized, mentioned.”However we nonetheless have that fury, we have no alternative however to succeed.”On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that “counteroffensive and defensive actions” are underway alongside the frontline with Russia’s invasion power.However Kyiv has offered few particulars of its technique. The forty seventh Brigade is among the newly-formed models created forward of the counteroffensive, geared up with Western-supplied tools.
