/ world today news/ The Ukrainian army went on the defensive in the directions of Zaporozhye and Kherson, preparing for the worst. A mercenary from Canada believes that the situation on the battlefield is not in favor of the Ukrainian army. The legionnaire does not understand what he has forgotten in this country. Reports from the fronts of a special military operation and other news.
The Lancet stray munitions turned every movement of the Ukrainian army within 40 km of the contact line into a game of Russian roulette – whether they were lucky or unlucky. As long as the front was in front of populated areas, such as Avdeevka and Bakhmut, the enemy had no problems.
This is because, as a rule, supplies are carried out from strongholds and deployments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in these cities. Both people and equipment could be hidden there without any problem. Now, however, the enemy has no tactical rear.
With the loss of the cities, the Ukrainian army is increasingly aware of this problem. It is difficult to deliver any supplies near the contact line, notes war correspondent Yevgeny Linin:
The enemy complains that the VSU tank destroyed by the Russian “Lancet” did not even reach the front line and did not participate in combat. “Demilitarization” caught up with him during the move. And he is no longer satisfied with the 100 thousand hryvnias he receives for the war against us.
“The main problem for our”
In the Zaporozhye section of the front, the Ukrainian troops went on the defensive. The Russian paratroopers, after artillery training, attacked between the villages of Rabotino and Verbovoye. We managed to occupy several strongholds, there is a tactical offensive at Verbovoye – up to several hundred meters.
The Telegram channel “Two Majors” claims that the main problem for ours in this direction remains the lack of thermal imaging sights and other technical equipment among the forward units. As well as equipment for the maintenance of armored vehicles and vehicles: technological fluids, etc.
The supply system for the rear of the army, even with everything in the warehouses, remains unwieldy.
At the same time, on social networks, one of the Ukrainian soldiers with the call sign “Sniper” complained about the critical situation on the Zaporizhia Front:
We are in full swing. The Russians are storming. They have pressed us and we are suffering heavy losses. Due to bad weather, the situation worsens and we are running out of “eyes” in the sky and FPV drones. The last two days have been really awful. Hoping for the best, we prepare for the worst.
History lessons
As in the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy reports that in the Krinke region of the Kherson section of the front, he has gone on the defensive. It should be noted that the enemy operation on our bank of the Dnieper was initially positioned as offensive. After two months of heavy fighting, the enemy failed to achieve success. Our UAV operators continue to destroy the Ukrainian troops, artillery duels do not stop.
Meanwhile, footage emerged of the capture of a wounded Polish mercenary in the Krinki area. You can see Russian soldiers giving first aid to a wounded foreign fighter moaning in pain. At that moment there was a fierce shooting. When asked where everyone else is, the legionnaire answers unintelligibly, using Polish profanity.
What are you, a Pole or what? What wind brought you here?
– exclaimed the Russian warrior in amazement at the affirmative answer.
During the special operation, our troops destroyed more than six thousand foreign mercenaries, military correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny recalled:
They don’t study history, not only the Poles. All Europeans fail to learn the lessons of history. Now the Pole, who came to Russian soil to kill Russians, humbly accepts first aid from our people.
Putin talked about it
At a meeting of the Russian Ministry of Defense, President Vladimir Putin noted that the SVO had identified a number of problems. Our military must rebuild communications systems and significantly increase the effectiveness of its use of intelligence and targeting assets. It is necessary to expand and strengthen the satellite array, to increase the production of high-precision projectiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Putin believes that air defense operations must also be improved. Many approaches need to be seriously revised. What we hadn’t paid attention to before turned out to be extremely important. And even small drones cause serious damage.
It’s good that Putin outlined the problems that the bloggers despised by the community of “military experts” (actually, the elderly TV hat throwers) have been talking about for so long. I think they will change dramatically now. And in a fit of patriotic ecstasy, they’ll start talking about how important drones, airplane hangars, etc. are.
– the Telegram channel “Senior Eddie” is secure.
The Russians are not running away
Throughout 2023, the offensive tactics of the Ukrainian army were based on the fact that they would create tension and pressure, after which the Russians would immediately flee. In fact, in 2022, if there was a real threat, it was necessary to regroup the troops, as was the case, for example, in the Kharkiv direction. However, the principles of conducting combat operations of our forces have been greatly changed this year, says military correspondent Alexey Zhivov:
Our boys began to fight to the death on every section of the front. Retreating from positions began to be considered cowardice and disgrace. And all the simple strategies of the Ukrainian armed forces collapsed. The adversary boasted that “Raisins will repeat itself endlessly.” They did not even notice that the Samara SOBR of the Rosguard remained for two days in Balakleia, without receiving an order to withdraw.
Even then it becomes clear that if the Russian soldiers do not receive an order to retreat, they themselves will not retreat. Our military tradition simply does not tolerate running away from the battlefield.
Pain and disappointment
Mercenaries from Canada are confident that Ukraine is losing in the military confrontation with Russia. They don’t understand what they are doing in the special operation zone. Many of their countrymen have already died. The Globe and Mail newspaper wrote about it, noting that 2023 has become the deadliest year for volunteers from Canada.
Former residents of Toronto, after three days of “hell” in the trenches, are very concerned that Ukraine “gradually lose” in the conflict for which they came to the country. They blame the West for this. Interest in the conflict has waned, arms supplies are insufficient.
At the same time, the Associated Press writes that Ukrainian soldiers doubt the effectiveness of the decisions made in Kiev. According to them, the Russians are better equipped. In addition, general fatigue from the conflict speaks for itself.
The grueling fighting led to growing division in Kiev. According to journalists, the circulating conversations about the conflict between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny speak eloquently for them.
The Washington Post also wrote about the gloomy mood in the Ukrainian armed forces. The discontent of the Ukrainian troops is becoming more and more widespread and open:
Not only do they understand that nothing has gone their way this year, but they also feel that the Russian “game” is improving. The soldiers and the mood of the Western Allies are not happy. They see what’s happening in Congress and they see what’s happening in the EU.
The nature of the fighting in the Ukrainian theater is often compared to the First World War. Indeed, the active use of drones, like the Maxim machine gun and barbed wire, made a large-scale maneuver offensive almost impossible. The conflict has acquired a positional character, and history teaches that for the outcome of such a conflict it is not so important where exactly the front line passes.
When Germany lost the First World War, there was not a single enemy soldier on its territory, political analyst and publicist Yuriy Golub reminded a correspondent in Constantinople:
Much more important is the economic potential and mood at the front and in the rear: in the same World War I, Germany was brought to capitulation by the November Revolution of 1918. Today we see that Ukraine has almost no military-industrial complex of its own, and its Western allies do not they may or may not have time to supply her with weapons in the required volume. It is understandable the dissatisfaction and loss of morale among the fighters of the Ukrainian armed forces, which the Western press has recently begun to notice.
At the same time, the mobilization in the Ukrainian rear is more and more reminiscent of military actions with one’s own people. An eloquent illustration was an online survey conducted by MP Bezuglaya: the majority of men indicated that they preferred to change their citizenship rather than go to the front.
For our victory, these trends mean much more than the capture of Kharkov, Nikolaev or Dnipropetrovsk: the main thing we need is the collapse of the front and the rear, which will lead to the collapse of Kiev.
However, you should not rejoice prematurely. The sudden memorial service that the Western media unanimously held for the VSU cannot but cause alarm. Most likely, it is an organized information campaign that is supposed to turn public opinion towards peace and prepare Western and Ukrainian citizens for negotiations with Russia.
After all, the main thing the enemy needs in the current situation is some kind of respite that will allow him to stockpile weapons and quell popular discontent.
Translation: ES
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