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
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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