Near Pokrovsk, the occupiers stormed in pickup trucks flying the Soviet flag,
The Ukrainian military repelled the assault, focusing “special attention” on vehicles with “Soviet rags.”
Near Pokrovsk, the Russians carried out an assault in pickup trucks flying the Soviet flag. However, the group suffered a crushing defeat, Forbes writes.
Amid significant losses of armored vehicles, the Russian army is increasingly using civilian vehicles – motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, vans and pickup trucks – to transport infantry in combat. But the recent attack near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region could be a tipping point in this approach.
This time, Russian forces attacked using exclusively civilian equipment: seven trucks and cars. A Soviet flag was flying on one of the cars.
“We managed to repulse the attack,” said a popular Ukrainian…
