Ukraine Paratroopers Defeat Another Failed Russian Attack Near Avdiivka

Ukrainian forces continue to repulse Russian attacks around Avdiivka and Marinka as the Russians prove incapable of building on their pyrrhic Avdiivka victory. JL 

Militarnyi reports:

The 79th Air Assault Brigade reported that another enemy assault ended with significant losses as Ukrainian paratroopers destroyed Russian armored vehicles near the village of Novomykhailivka near the site that used to be Marinka, the settlement itself no longer actually exists. "The enemy sent infantry on armored vehicles into the battle, but the offensive failed." The Ukrainian military then finished off the abandoned and damaged vehicles by dropping ammunition from drones.

Ukrainian paratroopers destroyed Russian armored vehicles near the village of Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region.

The 79th Air Assault Brigade said that another enemy assault had ended with significant losses.

“Another enemy assault on the positions of the Ukrainian paratroopers resulted in losses of manpower and armored vehicles,” the paratroopers said.

Novomykhailivka continues to be one of the hottest spots in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Russians are making significant efforts to drive the paratroopers of the 79th Air Assault Brigade out of the village.During another assault, the enemy sent infantry on armored vehicles into the battle, but the offensive failed.

“Russian infantry was destroyed, armored vehicles were burned,” the brigade said.

The video shows the results of the coordinated work of the ATGM crews that skillfully stopped armored vehicles.

The first seconds of the video show the use of cluster munitions against a Russian convoy.

Damaged Russian armored vehicles near the village of Novomykhailivka. March 2024. Ukraine. Footage from the video of Ukrainian Air Assault Forces

The Ukrainian military then finished off the abandoned and damaged vehicles by dropping ammunition from drones.

Novomykhailivka is located about 12 kilometers south of Marinka, which Russian forces have been trying to capture since 2014.

The village of Novomykhailivka on the unofficial map of hostilities as of the end of February 2024

Russian forces have intensified their assaults since the beginning of October 2023, and now they control the site where Marinka was located, the settlement itself no longer actually exists.