Battle of Vuhledar | |||||||
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Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||
Ukrainian policemen in a destroyed building in Vuhledar, February 2023 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ukraine | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Rustam Muradov Sukhrab Akhmedov Mikhail Gudkov[5] | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Main Battle: 20,000 troops 90 main battle tanks 180 IFVs 100 artillery pieces[15][16] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Ukrainian claim:
88+ armored vehicles, including 25+ tanks[21] |
Ukrainian claim: "As many as" 60 killed or wounded a day (September 2022 only)[22] 100 killed or wounded (one battalion; Nov. '22–Feb. '23)[23] Russian claim: 200 killed or wounded (January 24–25 2023)[9] Equipment losses: 20 armored vehicles destroyed, including two tanks[24] | ||||||
60 civilians killed[25] |
A series of military engagements have taken place in and around the town of Vuhledar in western Donetsk Oblast over the course of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian commanders have described the clashes as "the largest tank battle" of the Russo-Ukrainian War to date.
Russian forces also were losing 150-300 marines a day near Vuhledar, Dmytrashkivskyi said. He estimated the brigade to have comprised some 5,000 soldiers in all, whose members had been killed, wounded or taken prisoner.