A difficult way to wage war: Experts told about the tactics of small groups of the Armed Forces during a counter -offensive (photo)

Although drones and artillery are actively used in the battles, hundreds of small assault groups, which often consist of only 8-10 soldiers, are the driving force of the Ukrainian counter-offensive. How Ukrainian Defenders move and what tasks they perform on the front line, says in The New York Times.

The observers write that Ukrainian troops are trying to advance in the direction of Mariupol, taking control of the key settlement of the robot and leading fierce battles near the village of Verbovo. Andrew's veteran, Andrew spoke about fighting in this direction, during which he and his combat comrades had to knock the Russians out of their positions, moving from the house to the house. When the position was captured, in the morning it was ordered to take another house.

"This is a difficult way of warfare - a village behind the village, a house behind the house - without a guarantee of success. However, after taking and fixing the surviving Russian fortifications, Ukrainians receive a base for planning further action," Western experts said. The soldiers also told about the fighting for the harvest, where two lines of trenches with tunnels were equipped - this enabled the Russian troops to fire in one place and then appear in another.

The fighting for the village lasted nine days, and on August 19, the Russians retreated under the hail of Ukrainian artillery. It was a small but necessary step, experts emphasized. As in the case of the robot, his release meant that Ukrainian troops broke through the first level of defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It is equally important that they have been holding it for two weeks. "The Russians have more artillery, more tanks, more drones and more people.

Besides, they are very well strengthened, wherever they find themselves - whether it is a settlement, whether it is a forest strip or just a field," - said the Armed Forces fighter Denis. According to him, there are many same problems in each settlement, so marines make a plan of storm and prepare. Denis explained that the most important thing is to keep the first street. Then, with the help of a drone, each building is inspected, after which the unit divided into two groups begins the storm.

"The firing group shoots Russians who hid on different floors of the building, and then the maneuver group clean it. So we move the house behind the house," Denis said. According to him, if the assault fails, they cause artillery and destroy the house. However, the invaders use new tactical techniques. For example, on a minefield, they pour a combustible substance.

And when Ukrainian fighters try to exchanging the aisles, they throw away a grenade from the drone, which causes a flurry of fire and explosions. The observers noted that in such conditions, the daily success of Ukrainian fighters is measured by meters, but dozens of storms of small groups continue daily for several weeks, and together they make it possible to succeed that will create more and more problems for weakened Russian troops.

"After the first and second lines, there will be a direct path to the sea, no fortifications. We will move like rockets," said another Ukrainian Marpich Maxim. Earlier it was reported that the Russian command is rotating the troops in the southern direction.