Ukraine's 92nd Brigade Counterattack Retakes Russian Trenches Near Bakhmut

There are a growing number of such reports that Ukraine's active defense strategy is creating counterattack opportunities in crucial sectors of the front as Russian forces used as replacement around their latest focus - Chasiv Yar - or are redeployed in the face of a rearmed Ukrainian military. JL  

Militarnyi reports:

The fourth assault battalion of the 92nd Assault Brigade cleared and took over positions of the Russians, mopping up enemy trenches near the village of Ivanivske in the Bakhmut sector. Over the past day, the Ukrainian Defense Forces fought off 16 invaders’ attacks in this sector. The 92nd Assault Brigade has been fighting Russia for 10 years. At the beginning of the invasion, the brigade’s units defended Kharkiv, later liberated the Kharkiv region, and are now in the Bakhmut area

The 92nd Assault Brigade showed a video of mopping up enemy trenches near the village of Ivanivske in the Donetsk region.

The relevant videos were published in the Telegram channel.

In this way, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have regained their position in this area of the front.According to the report, soldiers of the fourth assault battalion of the 92nd Assault Brigade “Ivan Sirko” cleared and took over the positions of the Russian invaders.

Positions near the village of Ivanivske in the Donetsk region, from which the Russian invaders were knocked out. April 2024. Frame from the video, telegram/t.me/brigada92_war

The invaders were driven out south of Ivanivske in the Bakhmut sector.During the clearing operation, a Ukrainian drone observed the actions of the defenders.

Positions near the village of Ivanivske in the Donetsk region, from which the invaders were knocked out. April 2024. Photo credits: DeepState

Fierce fighting for control of the destroyed settlements continues in the Bakhmut sector.

 

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, over the past day, the Ukrainian Defense Forces fought off 16 invaders’ attacks in this sector.

The 92nd Assault Brigade has been fighting Russia at war for 10 years. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the brigade’s units defended Kharkiv, later liberated the Kharkiv region from the Russian invaders, and are now performing tasks in the Bakhmut area of the Donetsk region.

In March of this year, the brigade opened its first recruiting center in Kharkiv.

Soldiers of the 92nd Assault Brigade. Photo from the brigade’s Facebook page

People who want to serve in the 92nd Assault Brigade are sent to the basic training center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where training lasts 40 days.

After that, the soldiers have to be trained by the brigade’s own instructors, and then they have to train with the unit.