Battle of Vuhledar

Battle of Vuhledar
	Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	; Ukrainian soldiers in a destroyed building in Vuhledar, February 2023
Date	28 October 2022 – present ; (1 year, 5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine47°47′N 37°15′E
Status	Ongoing First main assault ends in a Ukrainian victory; small-scale assaults continue around Vuhledar;
Belligerents
Russia Donetsk PR;	Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Rustam Muradov; Sukhrab Akhmedov; Mikhail Gudkov	Nazarii Khiszak; Vladyslav Bayak
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces Russian Ground Forces 3rd Army Corps 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade; Alga Volunteer Battalion; ; 1st Army Corps 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade; ; ; Russian Navy; Russian Naval Infantry 155th Naval Infantry Brigade; 40th Naval Infantry Brigade; ; DPR Forces Kaskad Battalion; ; PMC Redut; PMC Patriot;	Ukrainian Armed Forces Ukrainian Ground Forces 72nd Mechanized Brigade; 53rd Mechanized Brigade 48th Rifle Battalion; ; 68th Jaeger Brigade; Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment; ;
Strength
Main Battle:; 20,000 troops; 90 main battle tanks; 180 IFVs; 100 artillery pieces	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Ukrainian claim: 58th CAA 155th Brigade: ~5,000 killed, wounded or captured; 130 armored vehicles destroyed, including 36 tanks; 72nd Brigade:; 30 tanks and BMPs destroyed; ; 5th Brigade: 304 killed, 22 wounded; ; Confirmed losses:; 88+ armored vehicles, including 25+ tanks	Ukrainian claim:; "As many as" 60 killed or wounded a day (September only); 100 killed or wounded (one battalion; Nov. '22–Feb. '23); Russian claim:; 200 killed or wounded (January 24–25); Equipment losses:; 20 armored vehicles destroyed, including two tanks
	60 civilians killed

The battle of Vuhledar is a military engagement in the eastern theatre of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, around the town of Vuhledar in western Donetsk Oblast, near the pre-invasion line of contact between Ukraine and the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. Ukrainian commanders have described it as the largest tank battle of the Russo-Ukrainian War to date.

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