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THE UKRAINE WAR
LEZZETNESLI REPORTING August 19th 2023 lezzetnesli: 19 Aug: Ukrainians Breakthrough the Main Tactical Line! Russian Three-Echelon DEFENSE COLLAPSES! Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GmJPXcRNwc Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess | |||||||||
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19 Aug: Ukrainians Breakthrough the Main Tactical Line! Russian Three-Echelon DEFENSE COLLAPSES!
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Aug 20, 2023
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Day 542: 19 Aug
Ukrainians Breakthrough the Main Tactical Line! Russian Three-Echelon DEFENSE COLLAPSES
Today we are again dealing with very critical news on the Ukrainian battlefield, from the southern front lines to the fringes of Donbass.
The latest Ukrainian offensive actions in Zaporizhia are driving the Russians to Berdyansk, Melitopol and Kherson.
In the Donetsk region and on the strategic fronts up to the borders with Luhansk, we learned today that the Ukrainians have taken the overall initiative after failed Russian offensive attempts.
In Dnipro, tensions are still very high. It is known that the latest Ukrainian boat landings on the Kherson islands continue to sink the Russian fleet from Oleshky to Kinburn Spit.
In other words, the Russians are currently experiencing their most desperate days on the Ukrainian battlefield.
Let's take a closer look at the latest developments in the war with the hottest news from the Ukrainian frontline today.
First of all, we go to the Zaporizhia front line, where Ukrainians have been making history in recent days.
The Russians have done everything in their power so far not to lose these front lines to the Ukrainians.
Russian occupation forces have spent considerable effort, resources and manpower to hold settlements like Robotyno and Urozhayne.
It is estimated that over the last two weeks, Russian troops have expended nearly half a million rounds of ammunition in both settlements.
However, as can be seen from the most recent frontline situation, most of the shells spent by the Russians have not succeeded in hitting.
Looking at the battlefield in the Velyka Novosilka area of Zaporizhia today, we can see that Russia's three-tier defense near Robotyne has collapsed due to the recent Ukrainian offensive.
The first of these Russian defensive lines covers several kilometers of minefields.
The second is a concentration of Russian artillery, equipment and personnel, and the third is a series of rear positions designed to protect resources.
Recent Ukrainian advances north and north-east of Robotyno, 10 kilometers south of Orikhiv in the western Zaporizhzhia region, are proving to allow it to operate in areas along the densest minefields there.
If the areas around Russia's second line of defense are less mined, there is likely to be good ground for a faster liberation of Ukraine.
This is why the recent Ukrainian breakthroughs near such small settlements on the border of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions and west of Zaporizhzhia are of serious strategic importance.
Russian forces, on the other hand, do not have significant operational reserves, and Russia's intensified efforts to hold these areas instead of withdrawing its forces means that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are likely to have to completely disrupt the Russian troops before the offensive.
The recent redeployment of Russian forces from the Kherson region, and possibly from the border region of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, to the Robotyno area by units of the 7th Guards Airborne Division also reflects Moscow's plan here.
It also shows that the recent Ukrainian offensive has significantly weakened the occupying forces, which have held the defenses in the western part of Zaporizhzhia without rotation since the beginning of the counter-offensive.
The lack of operational reserves means that Russian forces will have to reinforce some parts of the front at the expense of others. This, in turn, is likely to cumulatively weaken Russian defense lines and give Ukrainian defense forces the opportunity to take advantage.
The recent complaint by one of the so-called leaders of the DPR, the traitor Alexander Khodakovsky, that the Russian command did not send reinforcements to protect the depleted Russian forces defending Urozhayne, also provides important clues.
Alexander Khodakovsky's complaint is an indication that the Russian Federation is already making difficult decisions about which sectors to prioritize as Ukrainian forces advance.
However, Russia's decision to deploy units of the 7th Guards Airborne Division to the Robotyno region is an answer to Alexander Khodakovsky's question.
On the other hand, it is obvious that in the event of a breakthrough in Ukraine, Russian forces would be forced to retreat to secondary prepared defensive positions without significant support, and that the further decline of Russian forces creates the potential for any Ukrainian breakthrough to be operationally significant.
In other words, no matter what troops Russia puts on the ground now to protect Robotyne on the Zaporizhia front, Russian efforts will be insufficient as the Ukrainian assault brigades are in a much better position both in terms of morale-motivation and equipment.
While the developments on the Zaporizhia front continue in favor of the Kiev administration, critical situations are also taking place on the most important front lines in the coastal regions of Ukraine and Donetsk.
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