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On 2 November 2023, the 155th Marine Brigade again attempted an assault on Vuhledar, and was defeated by the Ukrainian 72nd Brigade. Casualties were reportedly heavy, with perhaps a thousand Russian lives lost, along with 60 vehicle losses (including T-72B3 and T-80BV tanks) compared to 17 vehicles lost by the Ukrainians in a single day.
On October 18, 2024, the Ukrainian 95th Air Assault Brigade killed 30 personnel and destroyed three APCs from the 155th Brigade in an engagement in Kursk Oblast. [26] On 2 February 2025, The leader of the "Tigir" Battalion Sergey Yefremov was killed by Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast. [27] [28]
Journalists from the BBC Russian Service wrote that, judging by reports from Russian pro-war telegram channels, units of the 40th separate marine brigade, the 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade, the 36th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade and the DPR battalion “Kaskad” [34] took part in the Battle of Vuhledar. [35]
Russian forces have likely taken the eastern town of Vuhledar after a long fight, in a move that will be a blow to Ukraine, military experts said. Russia appears to have seized a Ukrainian town ...
Ukraine's eastern military command said on Wednesday it had ordered a pullback from Vuhledar to avoid being encircled by Russian troops and to "preserve personnel and military equipment".
The Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper said that Vuhledar had finally fallen after the last Ukrainian forces from the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, a unit famous for its resistance, abandoned the town ...
Ukrainian forces regained positions near and in Hlyboke defended by the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, including most of the western half of the settlement. [137] A Ukrainian serviceman also reported that Russian forces were attempting to attack positions in Vovchansk while in civilian clothes, hiding machine-guns under said civilian clothes ...
A second Russian assault towards Novyi Komar occurred in mid December, where elements of the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade managed to entrench themselves in the southern part of the village. [72] In the south, Russian forces continued advances along the river bank , pressuring the village of Makarivka from three sides.