Ukrainian forces hold Vuhledar despite intense, months-long russian tank bombardment

russia lost a large-scale tank battle for Vuhledar, a town in the Donetsk region, getting ambushed by Ukraine's armed forces – just as it happened during the russian offensive at the beginning of the full-scale war when russian tanks were arranged in columns , according to the NYT.

"In the extended battle, both sides sent tanks into the fray, rumbling over dirt roads and maneuvering around tree lines, with the russians thrusting forward in columns and the Ukrainians maneuvering defensively, firing from a distance or from hiding places as russian columns came into their sights. When it was over, not only had russia failed to capture Vuhledar, but it also had made the same mistake that cost moscow hundreds of tanks earlier in the war: advancing columns into ambushes," the text reads.

According to NYT, the Ukrainian military's drone footage demonstrates that the charred hulks of Russian armored vehicles now litter farm fields all about Vuhledar – blown up on mines, hit with artillery, or obliterated by anti-tank missiles.

Ukraine's military noted that russia had lost at least 130 tanks and armored personnel carriers in the battle.