Russia has built minefields the size of West Germany in the special military operations zone. This was expressed by German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock. TASS.
“Currently, the situation is such that there are huge minefields, especially in eastern Ukraine… In such situations, Ukrainian forces sometimes find themselves in a trap. The minefields built are estimated to be the size of West Germany. Accordingly, the question is how to overcome these minefields,” he said.
On August 19, columnist Daniel Williams wrote for the Asia Times that the Ukrainian counterattack gone Due to the lack of the ability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break through the Russian defenses, he got into a stalemate. According to him, the main reason for the failure of the Ukrainian army was the large minefields that the Russian army created along the eastern and southern front lines.
Before that, the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who took part in the counterattack, experience Serious difficulties due to Russian aviation and minefields, the danger of which the Ukrainian command did not take seriously enough.
16 August on the problem of minefields in the conflict zone he drew to the attention of retired US Army officer Daniel Davis. According to him, the leadership of the Ukrainian army dragged its soldiers into a death trap and sent them to a well-mined area in front of the positions of the Russian Armed Forces.
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