The fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were unprepared for the Russian offensive in the Kharkov direction; they had to be equipped from scratch. This was stated by the captured junior lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleg Karpyuk, and a video recording of his words was published. Telegram channel Russian Ministry of Defense.
The military department noted that Karpyuk was a platoon commander of the 42nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and was captured in the direction of Kharkov. During interrogation, he talked about the powerful offensive of Russian troops and the lack of prepared positions in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“There are many drones in the fields beyond Chasovy Yar, there are mortars there, artillery is working all along the road. They are advancing very actively [ВС РФ]. They took positions there, made some adjustments, then we were transferred to other positions. There was nothing, we created positions from scratch,” said the junior lieutenant.
Last week it was reported that the Ukrainian army was using UAVs. was attacked His colleague who was about to surrender to the Russian Armed Forces. His actions were controlled by Russian UAV operators as he moved towards the positions of the Russian Armed Forces, but already when he was approaching the positions of the Russian Armed Forces, the Ukrainian drone attacked the soldier.
Formerly Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported About dozens of Ukrainian soldiers surrendered.