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A unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces refused to advance on the Zaporozhye Front because of huge losses – 2024-09-09 23:52:52

/ world today news/ The experts summarized the results of the Ukrainian “offensive”: “Prot. Grinding”.

It seems that the enemy has seriously overestimated its forces, and the “offensive” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is gradually turning into a grinding of their manpower and armament. For five days of active fighting, there was no breakthrough in our defenses. And this despite the fact that the armed forces of Ukraine have already introduced up to a third of their reserves.

According to a military expert, former special forces officer, retired colonel Anatoly Matviychuk, despite the losses of the armed forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian soldiers will still be slaughtered, as the leadership of military operations has passed into the hands of a collective West.

Despite a series of setbacks that befell the Ukrainian army on June 7 along the entire line of contact, the armed forces of Ukraine did not give up their attempts to attack. The fiercest battles were fought in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) and Zaporozhye.

Late in the evening of June 7, the Ukrainian army retreated to regroup, withdrew its forces and again tried to strike the entire line of the Orekhovo direction. The assault on our positions began in the first hour of the night. This was followed by waves of attacks literally every hour.

In the region of Malaya Tokmachka, the enemy advanced for several hours in groups of 40-60 men, under dense cover of artillery, columns of Western tanks and armored vehicles. Our troops met the enemy with artillery and our aviation dominating the skies.

“There are many of our planes and attack helicopters in the sky of Zaporizhia. Now there is a cruel disposal of the “Germans” (as our soldiers at the front call the “fun guys”. – Ed.)”, writes Andrey Rudenko.

“The aviation makes at least a fifth raid on the enemy, combat helicopters are constantly in the sky. Our guys are behaving and doing their job!” – added the military reporter Andrey Rudenko on his channel.

The journalist cited as an example a telling dialogue he had with soldiers on the contact line:

“Briefly about the situation on the Zaporozhian Front:

– Brother, how are you?

– We grind.”

In the morning the enemy forces were exhausted in order. According to radio intercepts, it became clear that some soldiers of the armed forces of Ukraine were demoralized – at least one unit ignored the order to advance and attack.

In the morning it became clear that the losses of the enemy were fantastic.

“Many Ukrainian soldiers lay down in the minefields. They were simply pushed forward by the commanders without properly preparing the passages,” the military correspondent wrote.

“They say that the picture is terrible, the enemy has many seriously wounded who are just lying on the battlefield. I am sure that the enemy will regroup and push several more waves to the massacre,” reported reporter Rudenko from the front line.

Despite the fact that the enemy retreated, in the afternoon of June 8, intense fighting continued in the direction of Zaporozhye.

“In the Orekhovo-Tokmak direction, our troops are trying to push the enemy infantry out of the forward positions they occupied…”, military correspondent Semyon Pegov reported from the front in the afternoon.

“At the same time, the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not reduce the intensity, the heavy shelling of our borders continues. Our artillery works in response,” he says.

“It was reported from the scene that another tank, outwardly similar to a German Leopard, was destroyed. According to one of the fighters, he has not seen such a dense battle for a long time. The guys are fighting very hard, but they are not backing down,” added Pegov .

We remind you that the enemy is trying to capture Tokmak with a further advance towards Mariupol and Melitopol to block rail communication with Crimea along the Azov-Black Sea coast. In addition, an attack on Tokmak could endanger our troops in the sector of Kinburnskaya Kosa – Berdyansk.

Military experts summarized the first results of the offensive of the armed forces of Ukraine. Thus, according to military analyst Vladislav Shurigin, the fourth day of the offensive did not bring any results to the enemy. Small penetrations in our defense – up to a kilometer – cannot be called a success.

So it is obvious that the breakthrough of our defense is slow. The military expert recalled on his channel that “according to the Ukrainian plans, calculated and approved at the European headquarters of NATO, two days were allotted for the breakthrough of the first line (5-7 kilometers).

“At the same time, up to a third of all the reserves at its disposal have already been put into battle by the enemy in all directions,” added the expert.

“And today or tomorrow, the Ukrainian command is very likely to try to maximize its efforts in order to nevertheless wedge into the Russian combat formations at a depth that allows to create a bridgehead for a further breakthrough,” he said.

Russian aviation, dominating the skies, including attack helicopters, seriously impedes the success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

They work in close cooperation along the line of combat contact, forcing the enemy to separate forces and throw them into battle in parts, which in turn does not give him the opportunity to concentrate.

According to Anatoly Matviychuk, for several days in a row the enemy is trying to find gaps in our defense in order to attract the main forces.

“They have very good reserves. They formed about two corps at the expense of reservists posted in England, the USA, Germany and the Baltic countries. That’s about 50 thousand people,” he says.

“At the same time, they lack equipment and weapons, as they lost a lot trying to repel our attack on Artyomovsk. I wouldn’t say they are throwing untrained soldiers into battle,” the expert added.

“These are the units that have to play the role of scouts, that have to find weak spots in our defense, they go forward and accordingly are exposed to the biggest blow,” says Matviychuk.

The expert is sure that even if attempts to find gaps in the defense fail, the offensive of the armed forces of Ukraine will continue.

– “Ukrainian commanders will again lead soldiers to slaughter and fulfill the assigned tasks. Because this offensive is no longer Ukraine, it is the offensive of the collective West, led by the USA,” the expert believes.

“They must justify themselves for the losses they have in the economy and for the wasted funds they have invested in Ukraine,” he explained.

“This is possible only through active military actions or their imitation,” Matviychuk said.

Translation: SM

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