47th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
The 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Magura" is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022.
47th Brigade Panthera T6
47th Brigade M-55S 02
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
In early June 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine launched a counteroffensive against Russian forces occupying its territory with a goal of breaching the front lines. Efforts were made in many directions, primarily in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, among others. In total, Ukraine recaptured 14 villages in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, with a total pre-war population of around 5,000. The counteroffensive was widely regarded as a crucial moment in the war. Ukrainian officials had warned that the counteroffensive would take time and that casualties would be high.
A bombed-out school in Orikhiv (pictured in July 2023), around which much of the fighting has taken place in western Zaporizhzhia
Ukrainian soldiers standing in recaptured Klishchiivka, September 2023
Flooding in Kherson Oblast downstream of the destroyed Kakhovka Dam