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UKRAINE’S EAST BUCKLING UNDER IMPROVED RUSSIAN TACTICS, SUPERIOR FIREPOWER


IN AN ARC OF VILLAGES SOUTH OF POKROVSK, INCLUDING VUHLEDAR, BATTLEFIELDS THAT
HAVE BEEN STAGNANT FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS ARE SHOWING MORE MOVEMENT THAN EVER
— IN RUSSIA’S FAVOR.

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Members of the 33rd Mechanized Brigade participate in a training exercise on
Friday. (Alice Martins for The Washington Post)
By Alex Horton
and 
Serhii Korolchuk
Updated October 2, 2024 at 8:55 a.m. EDT|Published October 2, 2024 at 1:51 a.m.
EDT

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — The Ukrainian soldiers felt like they had done
everything right. After raking the two squads of attacking Russian troops with
their automatic grenade launchers, they sent in the attack drones to pick off
the survivors.

But what happened next turned the battle into a math problem. More enemy
soldiers arrived, some in armored vehicles. Russian support fire with drones and
artillery poured down on the outgunned Ukrainians, said Andrii Bilozir, the
senior sergeant for the unit’s first battalion. The soldiers of the 33rd
Mechanized Brigade had to withdraw.


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