They give the Armed Forces positions and then attack: the tactics of maneuverable defense bring success of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - NYT

About it writes The New York Times with reference to experts in the field of security. Occupation troops go to the second protective line, thus offering Ukraine's defense forces, and then inflicting a counter strike, when the Armed Forces are vulnerable - they go open or are in the newly left Russian trenches.

The purpose of the approach is not to allow the Armed Forces to gain a foothold and use new positions as a base for further offensive - this is how Ukraine has been in the area of ​​the robot - the greatest success in the counter -offensive. "The defense party gives positions to then cause as heavy losses to the attackers," Ben Barry explained, a senior researcher on land military campaigns at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

According to representatives of Ukraine, the tactics are mentioned - one of the factors that will slow down the promotion of the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces. Maneuverin Defense - the approach is not new and was used in the Second World War, when the USSR army won Germany in the Battle of Kursk in 1943 - one of the greatest battles of the Eastern Front. Russian troops, apparently, in a number of cases involve such tactics in Ukraine.

Washington analysts at the Institute for War Research have been celebrating the Maneuvered Defense of the Armed Forces in the area for the last few days. "Several significant field fortifications went from hand to hand, and the Russian forces conducted some successful limited counterattack," the journalists said.

The basis of successful use of maneuverable defense tactics is justified the use of a military reserve that can be thrown in a counterattack, said Alexei Melnyk, a former Ukrainian commander who is currently working at the Razumkov Center. Russian troops, apparently, throw elite landing units in defense in the Zaporozhye region, says Melnyk. According to him, this indicates that the RF Armed Forces ends.

Michael Cofman from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said that the Russian Federation had begun to retreat hundreds of meters, and Ukrainian forces, including mechanized units, have the opportunity to increase the pace for large -scale offensive. In his opinion, this can be a sign that the Russian defense strategy is already cracking. "One of the main issues that remains on the agenda is whether the Ukrainian military will be able to break through.

Another question is how the offensive will develop from present to winter or throughout the winter," he said. It should be reminded that the Armed Forces does not have to deduct Tokmak by direct assault - Ukrainian defenders can go directly to the coast of Azov, at the same time the occupation group in the West will be cut off. It was also reported that the United States is silently transferring Ukraine to NATO standards.