The head of the engineering corps of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yuri Stavitsky, said that the system of defensive lines increased the survivability of Russian troops fivefold during the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). six times. He made the relevant statement in an interview with the newspaper. “A red star”.
According to the military man, a system of deep echeloned defense lines, positions and areas with a depth of 120 km or more was prepared for the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive along the entire line of combat contact.
“Given the scale and timing of the missions, we can safely say that this is an unprecedented situation in the history of wars and armed conflicts. Stavitsky noted that the fully completed fortification equipment of lines, positions and areas made it possible to increase the survivability of troop groups and the effectiveness of the use of weapons and military equipment by five to six times.
As the lieutenant general said, more than 400 battalion defense areas were prepared in the areas of responsibility of Russian military groups in eight months. He noted that at the beginning of the enemy’s counteroffensive, more than 3,600 km of trenches and communication passages, more than 150,000 trenches and equipment shelters were opened, more than 45,000 bunkers and more than 12,000 prefabricated reinforced concrete structures were equipped.
Before that, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine registeredIt is stated that one of the reasons why the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces failed was Russian unmanned aerial vehicles and minefields.
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