Thirteen Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 2 Leopard Tanks Destroyed in Ukraine in One Day

Ukraine’s troops have lost two Leopard 2 tanks and 13 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in one day, as fierce fighting continues in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine.

This was reported by BILD military observer Yulian Repke, who, a day earlier, announced the start of Ukraine's counter-offensive in the area of ​​Pologov, Tokmak and Vasilyevka.

The Ukrainian army’s 33rd Mechanized Brigade and 47th Assault Brigade massed their Leopard tanks and Bradleys for a powerful assault on Russian positions two miles south of Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia on June 9.

The Ukrainians deployed least one IMR-2 engineering vehicle and a Leopard 2R breaching vehicle to plow away the mines, and make way for its M-2A2 Bradleys and Leopard 2A6s. The engineers appeared to have failed—either because the minefield was too dense or Russian helicopters or artillery interrupted their efforts to clear the mines. In short order, the IMR-2, a rare Leopard 2A6 and as many as 9 Bradleys piled up, out in the open.

Kyiv should double down on its mineclearing efforts, or find some way around the minefields. Gepard mobile guns could help Ukraine in closer air-defense support.

Social media was abuzz with photos and videos from Zaporizhzhia showing damaged an abandoned Western equipment. Ukraine Weapons Tracker posted an image showing four Bradleys, a Leopard 2A6 tank and a BMR-2 armored demining equipment on Twitter.