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WSJ: U.S. and Ukraine cannot agree on UAF counteroffensive tactics
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] U.S. and Ukrainian military leaders have been arguing for weeks about how to change strategy and tactics to revitalize the counteroffensive. This was reported on August 24 by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). U.S. and Ukrainian officials have been engaged in intense behind-the-scenes arguments for weeks over strategy and tactics to revive Kiev's slow counteroffensive. According to the publication, US military officials are in favor of resuming attacks using combined arms tactics of concentrated strikes to break through Russian defenses. Kyiv is making its own changes, both sides continue to argue about how to change the situation in the short time left before winter. The journalists also reported that the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian troops, Valery Zaluzhny, expressed his disagreement with the opinion of the American side. He believes that Washington does not understand the essence of the conflict. As IA Regnum reported, on July 30, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had changed tactics in an attempt to launch a counteroffensive. Ukrainian units began to use mainly infantry, trying not to bring equipment to the front line. The Russian leader suggested that this was due to the heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, now they are trying to save armored vehicles from destruction. Earlier, the WSJ reported that US intelligence had prepared a report stating the superiority of the Russian army in defense, which is why the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot be successful . The publication noted that this situation will lead to the search for those responsible for the failure. Politico reported that U.S. officials are already trying to shift full responsibility for the failure of the counteroffensive to Kiev . This is evidenced by the frequent leaks of information in the media, which say that the Ukrainian command did not comply with the recommendations of the American side. More from regnum.ru Gagin said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine could not "give" Zelensky Rabotino for the holidays The leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine threw great forces to seize Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region for the national holidays as a "gift" to the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky , but could not achieve this, said Jan Gagin , adviser to the acting head of the DPR, on the Rossiya 1 TV channel. “We wanted to present Rabotino to our president as a “gift” for Independence Day or National Flag Day, that is, it’s either yesterday or today,” he said. Gagin noted that Kyiv carried out major offensives on Rabotino, concentrating significant infantry and equipment there, but Russian fighters repelled all attacks. He added that the fighting does not stop along the entire front line, the enemy began to use artillery more actively. As IA Regnum reported , on August 24, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov , said that over the past 24 hours, the Russian army had repelled five attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction. The enemy tried to advance in the areas of Rabotino and Uspenovka. The attacks were repulsed thanks to the coordinated actions of Russian fighters and artillery. Konashenkov said that during the attacks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 110 soldiers, four tanks, three armored vehicles, four cars, a Polish self-propelled gun Krab and four US-made M777 artillery systems in a day. Posted by: badanov 2023-08-25 |
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