This idle war. Or the same thing, war fight in slow motiondrop-by-drop attack or gradual and gradual erosion of the enemy took place, yes, thanks to artillery, gun more deadly and more effective in this war of attrition competition Ukraine. And that’s despite the terrain being as flat as an oil pond, with no hills or defensible positions, nor thick vegetation (the equivalent of space, in military parlance, which is perfectly appropriate for anything). lightning advance of armored columnsIt’s a practice well suited to the Kremlin’s delight, which Russian troops resorted to in the early phase of the war with little success. occupation of Ukraine.
Responsible for the continuation of the Russians and Ukrainians since November, front of hersonIt is such an attitude to see them coming while obsessively watching each other from the corner of their eyes. dnieperThe fourth longest river in the European continent. With the mighty riverbed one kilometer wide and the dense web of swamps and parallel channels became a kind of ‘Maginot line’ for the Kremlin’s troops. It also instantly makes new border – unrecognized by any state in the world – on a now impenetrable border for one of the two candidates, including the homonymous provincial capital, between the two countries, since mid-autumn, when the Russian military commanders ordered the right bank of the riverbed to be evacuated. “The river complicates any combat operation,” the sergeant admits. Pavlo MartseniukFrom the 128th Territorial Defense Battalion, at an unspecified point front of herson.
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According to this senior artillery officer, Russian forces are accumulating BM-21 Grad batteries and BM-30 Smersh rocket launchers on the left bank, among other artillery pieces. The first can reach a target at a distance of “20 kilometers”, while the second has a radius of action. “nails seven ten kilometers“, he continues. The gap between the intensity of the artillery battle taking place here and what is happening on the war fronts in the East right now is awful. when there are thousands of daily bullets; We are talking about dozens of people here,” he concludes.
Your Commander, Colonel Oleksandr Positko, confirms what his petty officer said, and details how the Russian forces designed the defensive lines on the opposite side. As can be understood from the words “They dug trenches on the shore, they placed their mobilization soldiers despite being a very experienced commander in command, then they placed artillery at a distance of 2 to 10 kilometers”, which they bombarded tirelessly.
This much marchseniuk like Positive They doubt that the Russian Army will try to cross the river again, and they agree that their withdrawal in November was a smart move that averted major disaster. “They only had two choices, retire or die,” they both agree. And as proof of how untenable his enemy’s situation is. a few monthsSergeant Martseniuk points to a completely destroyed house in the middle of the village, saying that the Kremlin soldiers could die at any moment from the sky. 128th Territorial Defense Battalion formed the basis. “Look, Chechens settled there during the occupation; with HIMARS” – missile launcher systems that can hit a target tens of kilometers away with a margin of error of a few meters – “Ukrainian Army destroyed this place without causing collateral damage”, continue. And while waiting for something to happen – an amphibious operation, for example – Colonel Potseniuk is busy prepare your menan Army with little experience and consisting of actors, lawyers anyone businessmenFor any enemy attempt from the other side of the river: “We must be prepared for anything,” he concludes.