Battle of Lyudvipol (28 March 1943)

The Battle of Ludvypol was a battle between the "Shavuly" and "Skydry" detachments of Ukrainian Insurgent Army led by Adam Rudyk and Andriy Dovhalets and the German forces during World War II that took place on 28 March 1943 near the village of Ludvypol (now Sosnove, Rivne Oblast). The German army launched several attacks in order to destroy the UPA detachments near Lyudvypol but was defeated and forced to retreat.

Battle

On 28 March 1943, the German army tried to destroy Ukrainian detachments in Liudvypol. They launched an attacks from the directions of Rivne, Kostopil, Mezhyrich and Berezne. Once approaching the village, the Germans encircled it, started firing on the Ukrainian positions and launched several assaults, however all of them were repelled. Not being able to capture Liudvypol, the Germans were forced to retreat towards Kostopil.

Aftermath

The Germans lost 58 to 70 people dead and 5 cars burned during the battle.

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