Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal said that the Ukrainian army is trying to clear minefields manually. He told this to a journalist from the British newspaper Financial Times. RIA News.
“Basically, our girls and boys are crawling on their bellies trying to clear these vast minefields by hand,” Shmygal said.
New York Times in October WroteHe said Russian troops were able to slow down the Ukrainian army’s counterattack thanks to tactics and strong defensive lines.
According to the authors of the article, the so-called “flexible defense” allows the Russian military to control the advance of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and attack their weak points. Military experts also told the publication that Russia has a number of other advantages, such as minefields, trench networks and tank barriers.
Previously expert statedThat Western tanks in Ukraine were destroyed due to their mediocre use.