The Ukrainian Armed Forces have almost stopped using armored vehicles to attack Russian positions in the Rabotino-Verbovoye sector in the Zaporozhye direction; instead he began advancing with small infantry units. In an interview about this RIA News Army special forces soldier said with call sign “Osman”, “Fidel”.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine changed tactics due to the powerful fire effect of Russian units (multiple launch rocket systems and artillery cannons). While previously Ukrainian military personnel operated in groups of 5-7 people, now there are one or two people.
“Fidel” said that Ukrainian troops were trying to avoid losses by concentrating on their secret positions before the next attack. Therefore, recently Ukrainian artillery has increased the intensity of shelling Russian positions in the Rabotino-Verbovoye area with cluster bombs, trying to support the advance of the infantry. At the same time, the assembly points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are located one or two kilometers away from the positions of Russian forces.
The Russian military also shared that Ukrainian armored vehicles were recently used directly to transport personnel close to positions. Both Soviet and Western equipment is used – particularly US-made Bradley or M113 infantry fighting vehicles and German Marders.
Before that, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People’s Militia of the Lugansk People’s Republic Andrey Marochko reportedIt was stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces transferred the fighters trained by NATO instructors to Artemovsk.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.