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On May 12, Ukrainian troops launched offensive operations along the entire line of contact (more than 95 km) in the area of the city of Soledar.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, the AFU units launched 26 attacks, in which more than a thousand servicemen and up to 40 tanks were involved.
All attacks of the AFU units are repelled. No breaks through the defense of the Russian troops were allowed, – Russian Defence Ministry reported.
On May 13, the reports were confirmed by Russian military reporters, who revealed an important detail provided by their sources from the military units deployed on these front lines.
Ukrainian infantry attacked Russian positions with the support of armored vehicles. German Leopard tanks also took part in this offensive. In the area of the village of Zaliznyanskoye, one of the Leopards was blown up by an anti-tank mine, previously installed by the fighters of the Wagner PMC. As a result of the explosion, the caterpillar tread of the German tank was damaged and it was immobilized.
The crew of one of the Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicles tried to pull the tank away and to cover the crew of the damaged tank, but fighters from the Russian volunteer detachments “Nevsky” and “Veterans” reportedly burned them along with the tank with hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers.
All Ukrainian attacks in the Soledar direction were repulsed.
The reports from the Soledar front lines are yet to by confirmed by the Russian military officials or footage from the area. Earlier, the Russian Defence Ministry, some Russian civil society groups and warrior guilds declared various awards for Russian servicemen who destroy the German Leopard tanks. LINK
The first Leopard was earlier damaged by Ukrainian crew. LINK
