Ukraine opens its way against Russian defense in the south, says a general

The army Ukrainian broke through the first Russian lines of defense on the southern front, according to the general in charge of Russia’s difficult counteroffensive. Kyivin an interview with the American network CNN broadcast on Saturday.

Thanks to the supply of Western weapons, in early June Ukraine launched a broad counteroffensive in the south and east to repel Russian forces from the territories they occupied.

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For a long time, this operation was hampered by the powerful fortified lines of Moscowcomposed of vast minefields, trenches and anti-tank traps.

Although this counteroffensive has so far only allowed the recovery of a handful of devastated cities, Ukrainian forces managed to break through the first Russian lines in the south with the capture, in early September, of the city of RobotinoIn the region of Zaporizhzhya.

Fighting is now taking place east of this city, near Verbove.

“On the left flank We have made progress and continue to advance”assured the Ukrainian general Oleksandre Tarnavski on CNN, acknowledging slower-than-expected progress.

The operation does not proceed “as fast as thought” he declared.

The objective now is to take the Russian bastion of Tokmakan important logistics center located 20 kilometers south of the current front line.

“Right now, Russian forces are confident in the depth of their defense line”explained, considering that the arrival of winter should not delay the counteroffensive, which develop with small units no vehicle after losses armored vehicles during the first few weeks.

“Currently, neither the enemy nor we use large formations, companies, battalions or brigades. “We use assault squads, groups of 10 to 15 men.”He explained.

Source: Elcomercio

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