Ukraine Sniper Spots Massive Russian Troop Movement - Then THIS Happens!

Summary

At around 4:26 a.m. southwest of Bakhmut, Ukrainian assault teams advanced toward Russian positions along a canal. Tree belts and trenches made it difficult to spot enemy fighters, while mines, machine-gun fire, and the risk of grenades forced the Ukrainians to move cautiously and spread out.

Ukrainian drone operators helped locate Russian positions and track movement that was hard to detect from the ground. The footage also shows Russian reinforcements crossing the canal in armored personnel carriers and coming under Ukrainian artillery fire. In other parts of the assault, Ukrainian troops engaged Russian soldiers in the vegetation, then moved from dugout to dugout, using grenades and gunfire to clear the positions.

The advance came at a cost. A grenade wounded one Ukrainian, and another soldier was hit in the arm and evacuated after becoming dizzy. During a later close-range confrontation, a Russian grenade was thrown from a dugout. The Ukrainians withdrew after being warned of incoming mortar fire. Subsequent explosions caused concussion and other injuries, including to a soldier who appeared uninjured but could not hear.

The narration emphasizes the gap between a map’s arrows and the reality of fighting through obscured terrain, clearing trenches at close range, and enduring artillery. It says the 3rd Assault Brigade later claimed it had cleared the Russian bridgehead on the west bank. The brigade also claimed that a Russian battalion had effectively ceased functioning as an organized force; the narration notes that this casualty assessment was reported by Ukraine and not independently verified.

Presenters and Contributors

• Presenter/narrator: Not identified in the subtitles.
• Named or identifiable contributors in the footage: Dove, Datsik, Odin, Burkit (also rendered “Burkitt”), Sagittarius, Rubik, the Courier, Poteito, Bulat, Kev/Kevy, and Mario.
• Unit identified: Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade.