Ukrainian troops withdraw from Volchansk; Ukraine 'disappears' Challenger 2 tank

Ukrainian troops withdraw from Volchansk

According to Kienthucnet, Ukraine's GUR special forces were forced to withdraw from the area of ​​the Volchansk synthetic plant due to losses from FAB-500 bombs and ODAB-1500 thermobaric bombs dropped by Russia.

Ukraine announced that GRU special forces, under the Military Intelligence Service of Ukraine, completely recaptured the synthetic plant located southwest of the city of Volchansk, pushed all remaining Russian troops out of their positions, and completely recaptured Volchansk.

The city of Volchansk has been the scene of fierce fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops since May. After fierce counterattacks, the only place where the Russian army remained in the Volchansk urban area was the general factory, according to some information, it is also called the building materials factory.

On September 25, Ukraine announced that GRU special forces, part of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service, had completely recaptured Volchansk.

In the area of ​​the complex plant, there are more than 30 high-rise buildings, the terrain is complex, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Therefore, the Russian army relied on the factory buildings to defend against the continuous attacks of the Ukrainian army.

After three months of fierce fighting, the plant was almost completely leveled, but the ruins of the destroyed buildings still served as a base for defense operations, so the two sides continued to fight fiercely in the ruins. However, in the face of continuous attacks by Ukrainian troops, the Russians secretly withdrew from the plant area at the end of September.

The “elite” Ukrainian military intelligence units, after recapturing the plant, immediately became targets for Russian air strikes. As a result, they were unable to withstand the Russian bombing raids of various types and suffered heavy losses, so they had to withdraw from the plant.

According to descriptions posted on social media by military bloggers, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of attacks on the plant, almost leveling the fortifications with FAB-500 bombs and even ODAB-1500 thermobaric bombs.

After being unable to withstand Russian artillery fire attacks, Ukrainian special forces were forced to withdraw far from the plant area, and Russian troops once again occupied the Volchansk synthetic plant without any effort.

As reported earlier, at the end of September, Russian units, which had been fighting for several months, almost surrounded, retreated from the plant, taking with them all the wounded and the bodies of the dead. In Kiev, the recapture of the plant was considered a “great victory” for the special units.

French howitzer hit by Russian fire, exploded violently

According to Vietnamnet, the Russian military announced that it used an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to attack a French-made Caesar self-propelled howitzer in the Ukrainian frontline.

RT quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying that Moscow's reconnaissance forces discovered the Caesar howitzer in a dense forest in the Sumy region, northeast of Ukraine and bordering Russia. The Russian military then deployed the Inokhodets medium- and long-range attack drone (MALE) to fire the Kh-BPLA laser-guided missile at the target.

Video released by the Russian military shows a huge explosion at the scene after the ammunition section of the French howitzer was hit by a stray fire. Several Ukrainian soldiers quickly fled the firing position after the incident.

Moscow accuses Kiev forces of actively using Western-supplied artillery systems, including Caesar self-propelled howitzers, in their cross-border offensive into Russia's Kursk region since early August.

The Russian military claims to have successfully destroyed many such weapons on its territory as well as in the neighboring Sumy region of the neighboring country, thanks to counter-artillery firepower as well as attacks by UAVs and missiles.

Ukraine peace summit stalled

Adviser to the Chief of Staff of the President of Ukraine, Daria Zarivnaya, announced the cancellation of the second “peace summit” on Ukraine scheduled for next January.

“ The second peace summit will not take place in November. But everything that needs to be prepared is ready, ” said Daria Zarivnaya.

Ms. Zarivna added that thematic conferences are currently being held on each point of the Ukrainian leader’s “peace formula.” In particular, they will end with the adoption of a joint communique. She added that the provisions of the adopted statements will become the basis for the peace plan of the second conference on Ukraine. She believes that the summit will take place later.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova clarified the issue of Russia's participation in the "peace summit" on Ukraine. Ms. Zakharova called the statements of Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky about "the need to strengthen Ukraine as much as possible in order to hold the second "peace summit" in Switzerland in 2024" an attempt to overcome wishful thinking.

Russia destroys Ukrainian self-propelled artillery in Sumy

According to Tien Phong, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the country's army continued to destroy the Caesar self-propelled artillery that France provided to Ukraine to deal with Moscow's special military campaign.

Video released by the Russian Ministry of Defense shows the Caesar self-propelled gun being destroyed by a Kh-BPLA laser-guided missile, launched from an Orion medium-range unmanned attack aircraft.

Over the past few weeks, Russian Orion unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have made a surprise return to the battlefield. These UAVs are being used by Russian forces to conduct offensive operations deep into the Ukrainian rear.

Previously, on September 16, Russian media reported that the Orion UAV destroyed an M270 heavy rocket artillery with a Kh-BPLA laser-guided missile. On September 24, another Orion drone continued to destroy Ukrainian armored vehicles in Kursk province.

Source: https://congthuong.vn/chien-su-nga-ukraine-sang-1010-quan-ukraine-rut-khoi-volchansk-ukraine-ho-bien-xe-tang-challenger-2-351357.html