Battle of Mala Tokmachka

Battle of Mala Tokmachka
	Part of the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	; A Bradley IFV of the Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade in July 2023
Date	7–9 June 2023; (2 days)
Location	Near Mala Tokmachka,[citation needed] Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Roman Demurchiyev	Oleksandr Sak
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces 58th Combined Arms Army 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division 70th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment; 291st Motor Rifle Regiment; ; ; GRU 22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade; 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade; ;	Armed Forces of Ukraine 33rd Mechanized Brigade; 47th Mechanized Brigade;
Strength
10,000+	4,000[not verified in body]
Casualties and losses
Per David Axe; Light	Per David Axe; 30% of Ukrainian soldiers killed or wounded; 25 tanks, IFVs and APCs destroyed; 2 Leopard 2 captured; Per Russia; 350 killed; 30 tanks; 40 IFVs and APCs destroyed; 2 Leopard 2 captured

In June 2023, a battle took place around the village of Mala Tokmachka as part of the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive and during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

^ ""Наступали двумя волнами": командир рассказал об атаках на позиции 42-й дивизии на Ореховском направлении". МОО «Союз ветеранов спецназа ГРУ имени Героя Российской Федерации Шектаева Д.А.» (in Russian). 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
^ "Неважливо, ким ти був — ідеш і виконуєш обов’язки, які потрібні для перемоги" — поет Матюша про службу у війську, Суспільне Новини, 15.05.2023.
^ Axe, David. "25 Tanks and Fighting Vehicles, Gone in a Blink: The Ukrainian Defeat Near Mala Tokmachka Was Worse Than We Thought". Forbes.
^ Korshak, Stefan (15 June 2023). "June 14 — Day 476 — Mala Tokmachka, Velika Vasylkivka, POWs and Putin's numbers". Medium.
^ Cite error: The named reference Psaropoulos was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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[1] ""Наступали двумя волнами": командир рассказал об атаках на позиции 42-й дивизии на Ореховском направлении". МОО «Союз ветеранов спецназа ГРУ имени Героя Российской Федерации Шектаева Д.А.» (in Russian). 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2023-07-14.

[2] "Неважливо, ким ти був — ідеш і виконуєш обов’язки, які потрібні для перемоги" — поет Матюша про службу у війську, Суспільне Новини, 15.05.2023.

[AxeJune27-3] Axe, David. "25 Tanks and Fighting Vehicles, Gone in a Blink: The Ukrainian Defeat Near Mala Tokmachka Was Worse Than We Thought". Forbes.

[5] Korshak, Stefan (15 June 2023). "June 14 — Day 476 — Mala Tokmachka, Velika Vasylkivka, POWs and Putin's numbers". Medium.

[Psaropoulos-6] Cite error: The named reference Psaropoulos was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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