AFU wins biggest tank battle of the war

This was reported in a story by The New York Times.

Having spoken to Ukrainian military officials, the NYT journalists learned that the Ukrainian Armed Forces "studied the roads, then hid and waited" to break up the columns from ambushes. Ambushes have been Ukraine's "trademark" tactic against Russian armoured columns since the early days of the war.

The article states that Russian tank columns were destroyed with all available weapons:

In one case, the Ukrainian command called in a strike with HIMARS guided missiles; these are usually used against stationary targets such as ammunition depots or barracks, but also proved effective against a stationary tank column.

It is also known that the Ukrainian armed forces used American Javelin and M777 howitzers and French Caesar SAMs.

The newspaper journalists said that in order to destroy a large number of Russian tanks, the Ukrainian military had mined the fields, but left the roads "clear" so that when advancing, the Russians would explode on the vehicles when trying to turn around.

One of the military told journalists:

The bombed transport vehicles then become an obstacle and slow down or stop the convoy altogether. Ukrainian artillery then opens fire.

The storming of Ugledar lasted three weeks.