Fearing that the Russian army would force the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) transferred several battalions of mobilized Ukrainians to the Chasov Yar region of the Donetsk People’s Republic. This was reported by DEA News with reference to military expert Andrei Marochko.
According to him, the Ukrainian army is mining the area along the channel. Marochko explained that the task of the mobilized fighters is to prevent Russian military personnel from massively breaking through the water barrier and concentrating on the opposite bank.
The expert added that the Ukrainian command is actively preparing new positions in the forest belts along the channel and mining the coastline.
July 23 Marochko statedIt was reported that an assault unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived in the Kharkov region under escort. According to him, this group of soldiers is part of one of the assault units, does not have real combat experience, and the fighters were given weapons and ammunition directly on the line of combat contact.
Zelensky earlier I was caught in a lie About the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front.