Russian forces repeated failed tank assaults 7 times across the same kill zone and were destroyed each time, says report

• A video shows a Russian armored column being destroyed as it tried to cross a Ukrainian forest.

• Russian forces made at least seven failed attempts to cross the same area in two weeks, Forbes said.

• The latest attack took place in a forest in Kharkiv Oblast.

Russian forces repeatedly tried to commit a tank assault in the same part of a Ukrainian forest, despite being thwarted by Ukrainian forces every time, a report says.

There is visual evidence of at least seven failed Russian assaults through the same area in northeastern Ukraine between December 14 and 28, Forbes reported.

Drone footage published by Ukraine's defense department appears to show Russia's most recent failed assault.

The video shows two Russian tanks followed by two BMP fighting vehicles entering an open area in a forest, which is already littered with what appears to be other wrecked vehicles.

An explosion and artillery fire strike the tank at the front of the column. Around a dozen Russian soldiers, some of whom appear to be wounded, can be seen fleeing on foot and taking cover in nearby trenches as Ukrainian forces pick off the other armored vehicles.

The attempts to cross the area were carried out by Russia's 25th and 138th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigades near the Ukrainian village of Synkivka, in Kharkiv Oblast, per Forbes.

Ukraine's 14th and 30th Mechanized Brigades were able to destroy the Russian invading columns each time, the outlet said, adding mines and preparing their defenses and laying in wait for the next attack.

The 30th Brigade captured a group of Russian soldiers near Synkivka on January 1, although it is unclear whether they were the same ones that took part in the failed assault days prior.

These raids by Russia are taking place frequently across the front line, often with no success.

The areas where Russia is advancing are where they concentrate thousands of men and weaponry, such as in Avdiivka and Bakhmut, Forbes said.

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