On July 7, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched an assault with forces of up to a platoon on Russian positions near the village of Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhie region. Ukrainian servicemen are seen fastly jumping in Russian trenches facing no resistance, assured that they could easily capture the stronghold without fighting. However, the abandoned trenches turned out to be a trap.
The trenches were mined. As a result, part of the Ukrainian grouping were killed on the spot by mines that were blown up remotely, the remnants who attempted to escape were also shelled by Russian artillery. Three Ukrainian servicemen are seen jumping in the trenches after the mines exploded likely assured that all of them were already blown up but the third of them seen jumping right on another mine that killed him. Two minutes long video confirmed destruction of up to 10 Ukrainian servicemen, more of them were wounded and the operation of the Ukrainian military likely continued bringing more losses to the Ukrainian Army.
Judging by the video, it can be assumed that the attack was carried out by trained Ukrainian servicemen who are seen operating on the battlefield quite appropriately. More and more Ukrainian servicemen captured on the southern Ukrainian frontlines claim that they were trained in NATO countries. However, the training did not help them to achieve any victories.
The video also confirms reports from the front that the Ukrainian command is throwing fighters on Russian defences without any armoured vehicles. Losing hundreds of servicemen a day, Kiev saves expensive Western equipment.
For the first time, the video shared from the Ukrainian front lines showed a tactical maneuver of luring the attacking enemy infantry unit into a trap of mined trenches. The maneuver itself is not new, but rare footage shows its implementation on a battlefield.
