First Minister of State Security of the DPR, Reserve Colonel Andrey Pinchuk, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) are well prepared in terms of equipment and power, and therefore they can cause great trouble to the Russian army. counterattack reported that ura.ru.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine has 11 assault brigades and fire units, which are assembled as “shock punches” in the Bakhmut (Ukrainian name of Artemivsk), Zaporozhye and Kherson directions.
Noting that Russia has T-64, T-62, T-72 and rarely T-80 tanks on the contact line, Pinchuk pointed out that the Ukrainian Armed Forces has modern Challenger, Abrams and Leopard tanks supplied from Western countries. which are “quite in themselves as sources of threats that need adequate response”.
The reserve colonel explained that the range of direct hits from Abrams is 9 km, lower for Russian anti-tank missile systems. According to him, if a tank brigade appears on the line of contact every 5-10 km, for which a battalion is responsible, “I sincerely sympathize with the fighters, because when help comes it will not end with anything good.”
The Ukrainian army has problems with the fact that the number of personnel is comparable to the Russian forces in the NVO region, which is not enough for an attack, and also the lack of the necessary control of the sky. .
The former head of the Ministry of State Security of the DPR also expressed the opinion that if the Ukrainian troops can ensure the mobility of the transfer of reserves in certain areas, then theoretically they will be able to gain an overwhelming advantage in the required personnel. attacker.
Former Lieutenant Colonel of the LPR People’s Militia, retired Andrei Marochko declarationThat the Armed Forces of Ukraine has accumulated enough strength for a counterattack in the Krasnolimansky direction.