The Armed Forces changed the approach: Ukraine was more largely involved in the second echelon of power - WP
The Armed Forces seek to cut the land corridor to the Crimea and have recently changed the approach to the counter -offensive in the south to break through the trenches, anti -personnel and anti -tank mine fields of Russian troops. About it reports The Washington Post. The forces of defense began to achieve the gradual advance to this line.
The initial approach-small movements of land troops-changed to a more noticeable transfer from the reserves of the 10th Army Corps with tanks and other armored vehicles. "This is a monotonous hard work - to pass hundreds or even thousands of minefields," said the Ukrainian military manager on the conditions of anonymity. "We are looking for vulnerable places of the enemy and move forward - little by little.
" Fierce battles continue around the village of Norne, Zaporizhzhya region - this area is located less than 2. 5 km from the main line of defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Officials give him a high "strategic value". Several sources indicate that the breakthrough here can be the shortest way through the line of defense of the occupying troops.
The decision to direct a significant reserve of the Armed Forces in the area is the latest change during the almost two -month counter -offensive of Ukraine. Journalists date the start of the counter -offensive on the beginning of June and note that it was largely possible thanks to the western investment of tens of billions of dollars: tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, long -range missile systems - all this was intended to change the ratio of strength in favor of Ukraine.
"This last week of hostilities was important because they decided to use their second echelon of power larger," said Rob Lee, a military analyst from Foreign Policy Research. According to him, it is unclear whether the Russian Federation suffered significant losses to make preconditions for breakthrough. Another representative of the military command of Ukraine spoke about a complex, but still gradual promotion. But he noted that the weather played in his hand by Putin troops.
"We are trying to securely fix our challenges in the village," he explained. "The weather conditions are ideal for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the help of drones to our artillery. " Dark helicopters and barrel ammunition, which are effectively used by the Russian Armed Forces, also pose a threat to the Ukrainian forces that have been able to pass the first minefields.
Ukrainians, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, congratulated the liberation of some territories last week in other parts of the Southeast, including the village of Staromayorsk. Some Russian sources have described this event as a loss of a key navigation. Ukraine also knocked out Russian troops from the settlement near Bakhmut.
The relatively successful promotion of the Armed Forces in the Bakhmut area may be due to the fact that Russian troops have no time to replace the area, analysts believe. In turn, Russian troops intensified in the Kupyansk region. According to Rob Lee, this is done in order to distract the forces of the Armed Forces from the counter -offensive in the south. But Ukraine's representatives do not comment on whether additional reserves had to be transferred to strengthen the northern flank.