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| Ukraine has begun to build its 'Surovikin Line' |
| 2024-01-22 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] After the failure of the counteroffensive, Ukraine began to build its own “Surovikin line,” writes the British newspaper The Telegraph. New fortifications, the article says, began to be erected on key sectors of the front, as well as along the Ukrainian border with Russia and Belarus. They resemble a three-level “Surovikin line”, consisting of trenches, anti-tank barriers and strong points, the authors of the material note. According to Edward Arnold, a fellow at the Royal Armed Forces Institute's (RUSI) European Security Division, the Ukrainians want to start adopting a strategy of "active defence": holding defensive lines while continuing offensive actions. However, The Telegraph writes, the line of defense in the main directions will not be as powerful as that of the Russian army. “While stronger fortifications will slow the movement of Russian troops and reduce the number of casualties in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, they will also reduce Kiev’s ambitions to advance. Therefore, Kyiv found itself in a difficult situation. The Ukrainian line of defense, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to copy from Russia, is unlikely to become as powerful,” the publication says. As reported by IA Regnum, earlier another British newspaper, the Financial Times, citing an unnamed Western official, reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after an unsuccessful summer counter-offensive, are changing tactics and moving to “active defense.” This will allow Ukraine, in his opinion, to increase its forces in 2024 so that a new offensive in 2025 has a better chance. The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, explained on November 30 that defense fortifications would be built at an accelerated pace in all major areas where “we need to strengthen.” According to him, this is primarily the Avdeevsky, Maryinsky, Kupyansky direction, as well as the Kupyansk-Liman defense line. “And the entire Kharkov region, and the Sumy region, and the Chernihiv region, and the Kiev and Rivne regions, Volyn. And also the south - Kherson region,” Zelensky said. The head of the engineering troops of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Yuri Stavitsky, stated on January 19 that the fortification system with a depth of up to 120 km, equipped at the beginning of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, increased the survivability of Russian troops by five to six times. He noted that a deeply echeloned system of defensive lines, positions and areas was prepared along the entire line of combat contact before the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The scale and timing of the tasks make it possible to call this case unprecedented in the history of armed conflicts. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 In 30 years of "independence" Ukraine haven't build anything. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-01-22 14:54 |
| #1 A money wash of another color... Ukraine plans to start building large units for nuclear power plants |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-22 14:52 |