Battle of Mala Tokmachka

Battle of Mala Tokmachka
Part of the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date7–9 June 2023
(2 days)
Location
Near Mala Tokmachka,[citation needed] Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
 Russia  Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Russia Roman Demurchiyev[1] Ukraine Oleksandr Sak[2]
Units involved

 Russian Armed Forces

 Armed Forces of Ukraine

Strength
10,000+ 4,000[not verified in body]
Casualties and losses
Per David Axe
Light		 Per David Axe
30% of Ukrainian soldiers killed or wounded
25 tanks, IFVs and APCs destroyed
2 Leopard 2 captured[3]
Per Russia[a]
350 killed
30 tanks
40 IFVs and APCs destroyed
2 Leopard 2 captured[4][5]

In June 2023, a battle took place around the village of Mala Tokmachka as part of the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive and during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  1. ^ ""Наступали двумя волнами": командир рассказал об атаках на позиции 42-й дивизии на Ореховском направлении". МОО «Союз ветеранов спецназа ГРУ имени Героя Российской Федерации Шектаева Д.А.» (in Russian). 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  2. ^ "Неважливо, ким ти був — ідеш і виконуєш обов’язки, які потрібні для перемоги" — поет Матюша про службу у війську, Суспільне Новини, 15.05.2023.
  3. ^ Axe, David. "25 Tanks and Fighting Vehicles, Gone in a Blink: The Ukrainian Defeat Near Mala Tokmachka Was Worse Than We Thought". Forbes.
  4. ^ Korshak, Stefan (15 June 2023). "June 14 — Day 476 — Mala Tokmachka, Velika Vasylkivka, POWs and Putin's numbers". Medium.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Psaropoulos was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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