2023-06-20 17:38:14
The military point 486 | The best defense is the attack and the Russians try. It is the Ukrainians themselves who confirm the harshness of the fighting in the Lyman and Kupiansk areas
The best defense is the attack and the Russians try. The invaders have launched an operation on the eastern front and it is the Ukrainians themselves who confirm the harshness of the fighting in the areas of Lyman and Kupiansk.
The story of the conflict follows two paths, the first opened by a counter-attack to the east by Moscow. The move may have exploited a favorable situation on the ground or it may have been planned after careful observation. a scheme often adopted by the occupiers – points out the expert Donald Hill – to remove the initiative from the enemy, force him to dedicate troops that would be useful for his own offensive, oblige him to consume means and ammunition. On Telegram channels, the Russians add that they took the Ukrainian departments by surprise, inflicting losses and using electronic warfare equipment, a segment where Russia certainly has a better arsenal. In parallel the Russians conducted other drone and missile raids, targeting the capital and Lviv to the west. A good part of the bombs was intercepted, the thesis of Kiev which, on the other side, has not hidden the bitterness of the clashes in the East, with a supremacy of means of the adversary in the sector.
The second path slips into the southern front where Zelensky’s army has liberated a series of villages: Ukraine has underlined the successes but has admitted the tenacity of those in front of it. The plan is always to advance in the direction of the road axis that feeds the Crimea, a goal that is still far away at the moment. The message being circulated contains confidence in one’s own possibilities combined with the warning that the struggle will be difficult and will be long. The pragmatic approach useful for reducing excessive expectations, serves to buy time, helps to manage what for some is an indispensable break. If it doesn’t pick up the thrust, it will become easy to talk about a stall. But few really have the precise picture of what is happening, uncertainty remains. Speaking of questions, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence Budanov has reappeared, given for dying in Germany following a bombing of his office: the senior official released a video and a photo of him was published together with the Japanese ambassador . Mystery over? Or will there be other speculations? The fate of the leaders, their safety, possible surprises are an active part of the conflict.
Meanwhile, the campaign to destroy Russian ammunition depots continues, as happened in Rikhove, in the Kherson region, 105 kilometers from the Ukrainian positions. Pictures revealed major damage. Also here the resistance, in order to hinder the logistics of the Army, had already targeted two bridges of the railway line. An explosion is reported at a gunpowder factory in Kotovsk, southern Russia: 4 dead and 12 injured attributed to human error, a universal version usually preferred by the authorities. The Moscow command has in turn claimed the annihilation of 8 weapons warehouses in Ukraine and the awarding of a prize in rubles equivalent to 12,000 dollars to the soldier who allegedly stopped a Leopard during a recent battle. Lots of tanks lost, constant demand for replacements. Indiscretions about Merkava tanks are back from Israel, there is talk of a circular supply again. Jerusalem would sell a few dozen to Cyprus which in exchange would send its T80 tanks to Kiev, the same operation with Morocco which would also turn over the T72s to the Ukrainians. Triangulation would allow the Jewish state to maintain its refusal to grant direct military aid, but would give way to fill some gaps in the brigades.
June 20, 2023 (change June 20, 2023 | 5:37 pm)
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