VIDEO Ukraine repels Russia’s biggest tank attack since the beginning of the war / Moscow has lost at least 20 armored vehicles, Kiev claims

Russia lost at least 20 armored vehicles in a single failed attack in western Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Ukrainian troops said, The Telegraph reports.

Kiev forces repulsed a force of 36 tanks and 12 BPM infantry fighting vehicles in a large-scale mechanized assault northwest of Avdiivka on March 30, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said, citing a Ukrainian military official.

The massive tank attack is believed to be one of Moscow’s biggest mechanized assaults since the start of the war.

Geolocated images of the scene show a large number of damaged Russian vehicles along a road northwest of Tonenke, eight miles west of Avdiivka, with the unnamed military reporting that 12 Russian tanks and eight armored vehicles were destroyed during the assault.

The scale of the attack, carried out by Russia’s Sixth Tank Regiment, indicates that the Russian command is likely to “prioritize” the Avdiivka region as the site of a spring offensive, ISW said.