Ukraine attacked a pontoon bridge the Russians had setup with artillery fire, didn't end well for the Russians.
twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1524413089579511808
At least 25 tanks and APC's and vehicles destroyed, probably more in the water that can't be seen. This looks like north of $100M of machinery,
It's likely that significantly more men and machines were destroyed and a major Russian offensive to encircle Lysychansk (in Luhansk) was stopped.
"After one day of combats, 9th May morning the bridge was down. Some Russian forces (~30-50 vehicles + infantry) were stuck on Ukrainian side of the river with no way back. They tried to run away using broken bridge. Then they tried to arrange a new bridge.Then, Aviation started heavy bombing of the area and it destroyed all the remains of Russians there, and other bridge they tried to make. Rumours say it's ~1500 RU dead. Their strategic objective was to cross the river and then encircle Lysychansk. They miserably failed."
twitter.com/kms_d4k/status/1524506104192974849
In other news Russia admits it faces economic collapse over Putin's war.
"Russia's economy has plunged into its worst crisis for almost three decades as the country is battered by Western sanctions, a leaked copy of the Kremlin's own forecasts shows. The Russian finance ministry is predicting a 12pc collapse in GDP this year, the biggest contraction since 1994 when it was shifting towards capitalism under Boris Yeltsin, the first post-Soviet president."|
Enjoy your potato soup once a day velund! I'm sure Bobko will be making money off his people somehow, selling human organs or starving russian brides in the USA.