With new armaments, Ukraine subtly changes its war strategy
Strike deep behind enemy lines, the Ukrainians exhaust Russia's combat potential, slowing its advance in the east and creating new vulnerabilities in the south .
KYIV, Ukraine - From spring to summer, the Ukrainian army was beaten by Russian artillery in eastern Ukraine, steadily losing ground and up to 200 soldiers a day in a head-to-head mismatch. -head competition. But in recent weeks Ukraine has changed its strategy with new weaponry and has succeeded, at least for now, in slowing down Russia's advances.
With a growing arsenal of long-range Western weapons and aided by local fighters known as Partisans, Ukraine was able to strike Russian forces deep behind enemy lines, disrupting critical supply lines and, increasingly, hitting targets that are critical to Moscow's combat potential.
< p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">New weapons have also forced Russia to recalibrate on the field of battle, giving the Ukrainians some breathing room to make more strategic decisions.One of the blows dealt to the Russians this week was a series of explosions in a airbase on the occupied Crimean Peninsula which destroyed at least eight combat aircraft, and that i, according to a Ukrainian official, was the result of a strike carried out by special forces troops aided by combatant local partisans.
The approach was particularly well suited to the Kherson region in the south, where for weeks Ukrainian officials have been engaged in the first salvoes of a counter-offensive. The city of Kherson in particular, which depends for its supply on only four bridges spanning the Dnipro River, is considered more vulnerable than other occupied cities.
On Saturday, Ukrainians claimed to have struck the last of these four key bridges, leaving thousands Russian soldiers at risk of isolation and supply cuts, according to Western intelligence officials.
"We don't have the resources to litter the territory bodies and shells, as Russia does," said Ukrainian Defense Minister O leksii Reznikov, in an interview last week with Pravda. , a Ukrainian news outlet. "Therefore, it is necessary to change tactics, to fight in a different way."
The strategy seems to produce results. Although the Ukrainian military did not make any major territorial gains, it did manage to slow the Russian advance through the country, for now at least, and stem the heavy losses Ukraine has suffered in recent years. months, which had caused morale to waver and some soldiers even deserting their platoons.
But the Russians continued to press east and south on the positions of Ukrainian front line, some of which are slowly yielding. The incremental advances indicated that despite setbacks from Ukraine's attacks, the Russian military effort still has sufficient strength to continue offensive operations.
Efforts of Ukraine in the south represent less a change in approach than an extension, with
Strike deep behind enemy lines, the Ukrainians exhaust Russia's combat potential, slowing its advance in the east and creating new vulnerabilities in the south .
KYIV, Ukraine - From spring to summer, the Ukrainian army was beaten by Russian artillery in eastern Ukraine, steadily losing ground and up to 200 soldiers a day in a head-to-head mismatch. -head competition. But in recent weeks Ukraine has changed its strategy with new weaponry and has succeeded, at least for now, in slowing down Russia's advances.
With a growing arsenal of long-range Western weapons and aided by local fighters known as Partisans, Ukraine was able to strike Russian forces deep behind enemy lines, disrupting critical supply lines and, increasingly, hitting targets that are critical to Moscow's combat potential.
< p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">New weapons have also forced Russia to recalibrate on the field of battle, giving the Ukrainians some breathing room to make more strategic decisions.One of the blows dealt to the Russians this week was a series of explosions in a airbase on the occupied Crimean Peninsula which destroyed at least eight combat aircraft, and that i, according to a Ukrainian official, was the result of a strike carried out by special forces troops aided by combatant local partisans.
The approach was particularly well suited to the Kherson region in the south, where for weeks Ukrainian officials have been engaged in the first salvoes of a counter-offensive. The city of Kherson in particular, which depends for its supply on only four bridges spanning the Dnipro River, is considered more vulnerable than other occupied cities.
On Saturday, Ukrainians claimed to have struck the last of these four key bridges, leaving thousands Russian soldiers at risk of isolation and supply cuts, according to Western intelligence officials.
"We don't have the resources to litter the territory bodies and shells, as Russia does," said Ukrainian Defense Minister O leksii Reznikov, in an interview last week with Pravda. , a Ukrainian news outlet. "Therefore, it is necessary to change tactics, to fight in a different way."
The strategy seems to produce results. Although the Ukrainian military did not make any major territorial gains, it did manage to slow the Russian advance through the country, for now at least, and stem the heavy losses Ukraine has suffered in recent years. months, which had caused morale to waver and some soldiers even deserting their platoons.
But the Russians continued to press east and south on the positions of Ukrainian front line, some of which are slowly yielding. The incremental advances indicated that despite setbacks from Ukraine's attacks, the Russian military effort still has sufficient strength to continue offensive operations.
Efforts of Ukraine in the south represent less a change in approach than an extension, with
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