Battle of Lypovec

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Battle of Lypovec
Part of Operation Barbarossa of World War II
Date 22 July 1941 Location Lypovets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union Result Slovak victory
Belligerents
Slovakia	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Rudolf Pilfousek	Semyon Tkachenko
Units involved
Mobile Brigade	44th Rifle Division
Strength
≈5,000 soldiers 43 tanks 123 artillery pieces	≈15 000 soldiers unknown number of tanks and artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
75 killed 167 wounded 2 POWs 17 MIA 5 tanks destroyed 1 armored car destroyed 7 tanks damaged 2 armored car damaged	approximately 600 dead or wounded

The Battle of Lypovec was an armed clash fought between the Slovak Mobile Brigade (Slovenská rýchla brigáda) and troops of the Red Army on 22 July 1941 in the set of Operation Barbarossa. It was the first battle of Slovakia with the Red Army.