War in Ukraine. Is Ukraine capable of destroying the Crimean bridge?

Earlier, the American publication “The New York Times” estimated that the number of Russian fighters on the battlefield is usually almost three to one, so, since Ukraine cannot match the number of soldiers, the country’s military leadership has to use Western weapons, which allow to cause huge losses of manpower in one blow.

According to media reports, American-made weapons such as the HIMARS High Mobility Artillery Missile System, ATACMS long-range missiles and other Western cruise missiles had the most power for single strikes on the battlefield.

News site Business Insider compiled a list of the nine deadliest strikes against Russian forces by Western weapons.

One hit – 100 Russian soldiers

The latest ATACMS long-range missile attack by Ukrainian forces targeted a Russian military training ground about 80 km behind the front line in temporarily occupied Luhansk.

Based on 2024 May 1st According to a report by Osinttechnical, affiliated with the US-based Center for Naval Analysis, Ukraine struck the range with three US-supplied M39 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles.

More than 100 Russian soldiers were killed in the attack, according to OSINT and military analysts.

Geolocated aerial video shows one of the missiles hitting more than 100 gathered Russian soldiers. Osinttechnical said hundreds of additional rocket-launched M74 APAM bombs fell on them.

GeoConfirmed, a project specializing in open-source geolocation, reported that four ATACMS missiles were used in the attack, although the first was “unsuccessful”. The strike was aimed at the village of Rohov in Luhansk. From the footage shared by one of her volunteers, it can be seen that the blows were delivered in just a minute.

A company that did not receive a general

in 2024 In February, Ukraine used the HIMARS system, the strike of which killed at least 60 Russian soldiers. Disregarding the basic rule of warfare, they assembled in an open field where they awaited the arrival of the general.

According to the BBC news service, the Russian battalion was assembled at a training ground near the village of Trudovske in temporarily occupied eastern Ukraine when two rockets hit.

In November, Ukraine drew criticism for adopting a similar scenario to that used by the Russians when they attacked soldiers gathered near the front during an open-air awards ceremony. At that time, 19 defenders of Ukraine became victims of rockets launched by Russia.

Spectacular blow to the Russian warship Novocherkassk

in 2023 December 26 Images of a powerful explosion on the Russian Navy’s Novocherkassk amphibious assault ship went viral on social media.

The Astra channel of the Telegram messaging platform reported that 77 sailors were on board the Novocherkassk ship when Ukraine struck a pier in Feodosia’s annexed Crimea. 33 sailors are missing and 19 are injured.

Journalists and open intelligence channels published photos showing the burning wreckage of the docked ship. This confirmed Ukraine’s claim that the ship was attacked by long-range missiles, which are believed to have been carried out by British Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

Some reports say the ship was loaded with Iranian-made Shahed attack drones when the strike took place.

The column never reached Kherson

in 2023 November 10 Ukrainian forces are believed to have killed more than 70 Russian soldiers in a strike on the village of Hladkivka in the Kherson region, the UK Ministry of Defense said after the incident.

The attack, which targeted a convoy of trucks, is believed to have been carried out 22 km behind the front line, highlighting Ukraine’s long-range precision strike capabilities.

Last training on Djarila Island

Ukraine has released a video it says shows Russian soldiers training on Dzharyla Island, a 26km stretch of sandy Black Sea coast in Russia’s temporarily occupied Kherson region. The strike is claimed to have come from the HIMARS system.

The Ukrainian side stated that 200 people were injured in the attack. However, this figure could not be independently verified.

in 2023 August. drone footage shows soldiers appearing to stretch and exercise on the sandy shore of the Ukrainian island before being struck from above.

A blow during the commander’s speech in Kremina

Meanwhile, in 2023 July. Ukrainians HIMARS system struck another large concentration of Russian soldiers in the city of Kremina, where the military stood for two hours in an open area and listened to the commander’s speech.

Some reports put the death toll at 100 and the total number of casualties at 200. These numbers could not be independently verified either.

An unnamed Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Post at the time that it was a “ridiculous situation” because Russian soldiers had become sitting ducks.

The claim, which was first reported by a Russian military official, prompted Russian nationalists to call for the military commanders to be punished.

New Year’s strike in Makijivka

While Russian officials largely deny battlefield casualties, the Russian Defense Ministry issued a rare statement confirming that 89 soldiers were killed in the strike in Makiivka, a small town in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.

Ukrainian officials claimed that the casualties were much higher, with around 400 soldiers killed and 300 wounded. These figures could not be independently verified.

Ukraine disclosed that it used the HIMARS system in the attack, while the Russian ministry said that Ukraine launched six missiles, four of which hit soldiers, according to experts from the Military Research Institute.

The attack sparked a wave of criticism against Russia’s military leadership. A senior Russian military official, Sergei Sevryukov, has accused soldiers of using cellphones without providing evidence for the high number of casualties, The Guardian reported.

Unsuccessful movement of the Russian battalion across the river

Ukrainian forces wiped out a Russian battalion when it attacked in 2022. May. attempted to cross the Siversky Donetsk River in northeastern Ukraine.

Ukrainian artillery destroyed several Russian pontoon bridges, and Russians killed or wounded were estimated at about 485, based on an analysis of publicly available images, the Institute for Military Research previously noted.

According to their calculations, more than 80 pieces of equipment may have been destroyed.

Media reports say Ukraine used M777 howitzers to strike the battalion.

Authors of Russian military blogs reacted to the incident with shock and began to comment on the incompetence of the Russian army.

The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom on April 27 in the published report noted that, in its estimation, 450 thousand people have been killed or injured since the beginning of the conflict. Russian soldiers.

In an interview published on Friday, French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne stated that more than 150,000 people died during the war in Ukraine. Russian