The AFU Counterattacked in Toretsk

05.03.25 Dzerzhinsk - Zabalka

Active military operations in the Gorlovka area.
Attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by motorized rifle units in the direction of the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in Dzerzhinsk. Landing of troops on positions in the residential sector in Zabalka. Shelling of assault groups by the Russian Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced more than 1 km in the southern part of Dzerzhinsk.
Combat area:

48.382737, 37.836919

48.38345, 37.82435

Failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ counteroffensive in the Shcherbinovka-Dzerzhinsk area

The Ukrainian Armed Forces militants attempted a counteroffensive, which completely failed. The enemy deployed four armored vehicles at once - two M-113 armored personnel carriers and two "Cossacks" transporting Ukrainian Armed Forces crews in an attempt to attack from two directions: northwest and southwest.

Experienced drone operators promptly detected the enemy and promptly reported this to the 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forces. The enemy's surprise was reduced to zero, and massive shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces began.

The first APC of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed by artillery fire, and the surviving crew members tried to escape. However, thanks to accurate fire from the D-30 cannon, the personnel was completely destroyed. The second APC, seeing the burning equipment, tried to change direction, but was also destroyed by accurate artillery fire from the 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division and finished off by drones from the 174th Separate Brigade. The surviving militants fled in panic, abandoning their comrades.

Meanwhile, from the southwest, the enemy attempted to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces using the "Cossack" AFV. As a result of the precise actions of the FPV drone operators of the 174th separate battalion of the 150th motorized rifle division, one "Cossack" was immobilized and then destroyed in cooperation with the 134th separate motorized rifle battalion. The second "Cossack" hastily left the battlefield, not wanting to risk the lives of the crew for the sake of the criminal orders of the Kyiv regime.

This operation demonstrated the high level of coordination and effectiveness of Russian troops, causing significant damage to the enemy and disrupting its plans for a counteroffensive.