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| The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already reached the first line of defense or not yet: Analysis of the Military Chronicle |
| 2023-08-27 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. From the V Kontakte page of Sladkov+ On August 25, there were reports that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, Mark Milley, announced that the Ukrainian army had crossed the first line of defense of the Russian Armed Forces in Zaporozhye. Is this really so and where did the Ukrainian troops manage to reach in the end? WHERE ARE THE FIGHTS GOING NOW? The Armed Forces of Ukraine are still advancing in three main directions: Pyatikhatki - Zherebyanki, Rabotino - Verbovoye, Tarasovka and Pologi. The most fierce fighting takes place in the areas of Pyatikhatok and Rabotin. There, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to advance, losing heavy equipment. Sources of the Military Chronicle in these areas note that Pyatikhatki, Zherebyanki and Rabotino are part of the so-called front line security zone. In fact, these are advanced fortified areas, in front of which there are minefields and the so-called zone of destruction of Ukrainian equipment. The advanced fortified area is not part of the first line of defense and acts as a protective barrier. HOW IS THE DEFENSIVE LINE OF THE RF ARMED FORCES ARRANGED? Since the summer of last year, the defensive line of the RF Armed Forces has been continuously expanding, and at the moment its total length from Zaporozhye to the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction, presumably, is more than 500 km. At the same time, the “cordon sanitaire” between Orekhovo and Novodanilovka, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are accumulating forces for further strikes, and Rabotin was equipped with minefields, which led, if not to the disruption of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, then to its serious slowdown and the need to transfer strategic reserves. The same minefields are located between the forward edge security zone and the first line of defense. These two areas are often confused with each other, since in Zaporozhye the fighting takes place at the closest possible distance: the distance between Novodanilovka and Rabotin is only 7.5 km, from Orekhov to Pyatikhatki - just over 20 km. The largest concentration of destroyed UAF equipment (between Verbov and Rabotin) is located less than 6 km from Malaya Tokmachka, one of the areas from where Ukrainian troops go on the offensive. At the same time, the situation in the Rabotino-Verbove-Pyatikhatki sector cannot be called simple: Ukrainian troops, despite huge losses, continue to attack, but progress in this sector is minimal. IF THE LINE IS SO DENSE, WHERE COULD THE APU BREAK THROUGH? According to the Military Chronicle, under the "breakthrough of the defensive line," the chairman of the US National Security Council, Mark Milli, meant unreliable information provided to him by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In fact, it was about an attempt to break through the armored group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the northern to southern outskirts of Rabotin towards Novoprokopovka on the night of August 23-24. However, the convoy of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment could not overcome the two-kilometer section of the road: armored vehicles were detected from the air and destroyed by artillery strikes, after which the retreating Ukrainian troops were covered by aircraft. The first line of defense, in front of which there are concrete "dragon's teeth" and anti-tank ditches, is located much to the south. Ukrainian troops did not reach him in 82 days of the offensive. The main line of defense around Tokmak is located almost 15 km south of the first line of defense, that is, in total, about 20 km did not reach the main line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In almost three months of the offensive, Ukrainian troops did not reach Melitopol for about 70 km, and more than 100 km to Berdyansk. More from the V Kontakte page of Reports from the militia of Novorossiya 08/26/23. Note from the resource "Older than Edda". "The ongoing assault on Rabotino, attacks in the Staromayorsky area, activity on the Dnieper, our active defense in the area of Kremennaya and Kupyansk (I would still characterize our actions in these areas as active defense, in order to improve positions, and not as offensive actions), are characterized by heavy losses of the enemy and probably for the first time in the NWO, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to experience a lack of manpower. The tactics of meat assaults and meat defense against the "genius" of military thought Valera Zaluzhny, sooner or later should have led to something like this, and now I am extremely interested to see how Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk and Odessa will begin to be raked out, for the sake of replenishing manpower. Noisy nightclubs and full Kiev restaurants, as for me, this is just an unplowed field for Ukrainian military registration and enlistment offices, and payoffs from getting into the ZSU will reach such an amount that it will be possible to fill the budget of some Moldova with them. Internet killers of “Muscovites” will now be able to fully experience all the charm of driving the adored Bradleys and Strikers, on which our art, kamikaze drones, aviation will work day and night, and the lucky ones hiding in the rear areas may see for themselves that Kiev after all, he is lying when he declares that “the PPO has found out the missiles, that Geranium.” From the V Kontakte page of Soldier of Fortune a time lapsed video of Russian artillery hitting Rabotino. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #5 Additional information coming from enemy sources (this time Wagner) confirms that the Armed Forces of Ukraine breached the second line of defense of the Surovikin line. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 11:57 |
| #4 Also reports of the Russian 76th Guards Air Assault Division has been thrown into the breech. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 09:19 |
| #3 I smell Russian flop sweat. “Breakthrough of the APU in Verbove (Polohy district).” Is this what has their panties in a wad? Since yesterday, there have been field reports that Ukrainians have conquered a key height between Novoprokopivka and Verbove (approx. Red circle on the map @Majakovsk73 ). There is no visual evidence of that at the moment but the height is on the main Russian defensive line. Reportedly, this may jeopardize Russian defense in the area since Novoprokopivka and Verbove stand downhill. To get to those heights, the Ukrainians would have had to break through the two layered Surovikin line. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 09:16 |
| #2 Russian armored column reinforces Novoprokopivka from Ilchenkove. Gets hammered. On same road, either Russian column retreating from Novoprokopivka or Ukrainians attacking toward Ilchenkove. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 04:35 |
| #1 Russians fleeing on a road south of Novoprokopivka. The airburst artillery is brutal. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 03:19 |