Russian troops have been riding into battle in trucks, open-top golf carts and—more recently—motorcycles. The bikes allow them to reach trenches faster and they are harder to spot.

Swapping bigger vehicles for bikes has cost some Russian units dearly. On or around April 15, the Ukrainian army’s 92nd Assault Brigade defeated an attack by Russian motorcycle troops outside of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.

Three weeks later, around May 7, the Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade destroyed eight motorcycles during a Russian assault on Novomykhailivka, also in the east. The Russians “were beaten in the teeth,” the brigade quipped on social media.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/05/07/speeding-toward-ukrainian-lines-on-two-wheels-russias-motorcycle-troops-got-beaten-in-the-teeth/?sh=58f0400b5439