Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mileti both admitted that the Ukrainian counteroffensive was not as expected. (Image credit: GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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[Look at the news from China on July 1, 2023](Look at the compilation/comprehensive report by Chinese reporter Wen Tianqing)UkraineMassive launch in Junecounterattackback,KyivAuthorities have been cautious in public about the outcome of the counteroffensive.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy andU.S.Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both acknowledged that the Ukrainian counteroffensive had fallen short of expectations.
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Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged that progress on a massive Ukrainian military counteroffensive was slower than expected, but he gave few details, Reuters reported. Authorities in Kiev claimed that Ukrainian troops recaptured 130 square kilometers of territory in the south during the counteroffensive, recapturing some villages. However, these lands are only a small part of what the Russian military holds.
On June 30, Zelensky stated that the Ukrainian army is actively counterattacking in all directions. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar (Hanna Maliar) said that after evaluating the progress of the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian military believed that everything was “proceeding as planned” and that counteroffensive military operations should evaluate different military tasks through “many aspects”.
It is currently impossible to verify the situation in the Ukrainian battlefield.
At the National Press Club in Washington DC,U.S.General Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the Ukrainian army’s counteroffensive “is advancing steadily, through very difficult minefields … the distance varies from 500 meters, 1,000 meters, or 2,000 meters per day. The progress of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is not as expected. Milley Not surprised.
“There’s a difference between a war on paper and a real war,” Milley said. “In a real war, people die. On the front lines, in those military vehicles, it’s all real people, and people get blown to pieces with high explosives.”
Milley added: “I said it might take six weeks, eight weeks, 10 weeks, and it’s going to be very difficult, very long, and it’s going to be a very, very bloody fight. No one should have any doubts about all of this. fantasy.”
Zelensky was quoted by Spanish state broadcaster RTVE as sayingKyivThe speech to the Spanish media stated that before the NATO summit in Lithuania on July 11, Ukraine must show the results of the counteroffensive, but every kilometer of advance will cost lives.
Zelenskiy acknowledged that Ukraine’s counteroffensive plans had slowed in recent months. The reason is not that it is impossible to advance, but that the army’s forward movement means the loss of personnel, and Ukraine has no artillery.
RUSI: The Russian army has adapted to the Ukrainian battlefield and adjusted its tactics
Jack Watling (Jack Watling) and Nick Reynolds (Nick Reynolds), land warfare experts from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a think tank in London, UK, published a paper titled “Meat Grinder:RussiaThe latest report from Meatgrinder: Russian Tactics in the Second Year of Its Invasion of Ukraine. This report mainly provides an overview and analysis of how the Russian military adjusted its tactics in the Russo-Ukrainian war and the challenges faced by the Ukrainian military.
After accepting the lessons of combat failure, the Russian army changed its tactics, from the battalion tactical group as a joint arms operation unit to the division of military functions into combat mission units such as battle infantry, commandos, special forces and disposable troops. Battle infantry Primarily involved in ground control and defensive operations; disposable troops are used in successive skirmishes to locate Ukrainian firing locations, which are then targeted by specialized infantry, or to find weak points in Ukrainian defenses to attack. The distribution of casualties among these different military combat units was very uneven. The main weakness of the Russian infantry is low morale, which leads to poor cohesion and poor coordination between the various units.
Current data shows that the Russian Engineer Corps, one of the most powerful branches of the Russian military, has been building complex obstacles and field fortifications on the front lines, including concrete reinforced trenches, command post bunkers, wire entanglements, anti-tank ditches and complex minefields. district. Russia’s landmines are extensive and complex, mixing anti-tank mines, chain-induced anti-personnel mines, etc. These defensive projects pose a major tactical challenge to the Ukrainian army’s offensive.
Russian armored forces mainly provide fire support, attacking Ukrainian positions with accurate firepower. The Russian military has begun to employ thermal camouflage on armored vehicles, using a series of other modifications and tactics, techniques, procedures (TTP) processes that significantly reduce the tank’s detectability at long ranges. In addition, these measures also reduce the probability of being hit by various anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) with a range of more than 1400 meters.
By tweaking their tactics, the Russian military can shoot down as many as 10,000 Ukrainian drones per month, while electronic warfare (EW) remains strong. Russian artillery has improved its fire mobility, and the effectiveness of its air defense system against the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) has also increased significantly. These are the challenges facing the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
In response, the report reads: “The depth of (Russia’s military) defense in depth means that Ukraine must have an extremely strong combat capability to penetrate the Russian defenses, and the extent of Russia’s fortifications on the front lines makes it almost impossible to bypass them.”
Source: Watch China
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