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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBBC Video: Vosnesensk farmers ambushed Russian forces, destroying all tanks
Mar 22, 2022
In one small rural town, Voznesensk, Ukrainian troops, backed by local people, have seen off an attack by the Russian army. When Russian forces arrived in tanks they were trapped in an ambush that turned into a rout.
Ben Brown in Lviv presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding in Voznesensk.
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report: farmers in Vosnesensk ambushed 🇷🇺 forces as they approached the small community, halting their advance by blowing up the bridge, destroying all 🇷🇺 tanks vehicles w/ help from 🇬🇧 NLAW anti-tank weapons, inflicting heavy 🇷🇺 losses & full retreat
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BBC Video: Vosnesensk farmers ambushed Russian forces, destroying all tanks (Original Post)
Donkees
Mar 2022
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Hekate
(90,683 posts)1. 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻Woot!🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
OAITW r.2.0
(24,468 posts)2. Inspiring. They deserve a whole lot more AT weaponry.
Kill the tanks and the infantry falls apart.
Donkees
(31,405 posts)3. ''Amazing the Russians lost all that equipment and men, the Ukrainians lost an outhouse''
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@bklny1
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Amazing the Russians lost all that equipment and men . the Ukrainians lost an outhouse
Maraya1969
(22,480 posts)4. I hope they are getting the weapons they need.
gab13by13
(21,337 posts)5. Get them more Javelins,
lastlib
(23,226 posts)12. And more NLAWS!
and more aircraft...and more bullets & grenades... and more guns....
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)6. An amazing tactical feat by a bunch of civilians.
The Russians were effectively steered into kill zone. Of course, it helped that the Russians are either arrogant asses, or ignorant of basic military concepts, or both.
Slava Ukraini!
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L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)7. K & R
mysteryowl
(7,383 posts)8. BADASS!!
winstars
(4,220 posts)9. These people are baaaaaaaaaaaad asses!!!!
A little girl riding her scooter past a blown up Russian tank at around the 3:00minute mark is so ironic...
Wow!!!
calimary
(81,262 posts)10. The underdogs will have the last word.
dchill
(38,489 posts)11. These people need all the help we can give them.
They also deserve it.
GB_RN
(2,355 posts)14. Send Them The Stuff They Need...
So they can bring the HEAT*!
*High Explosive Anti-Tank