“Stakes are high as Ukraine’s offensive starts to secure a military advantage”
“This systematic erosion of Russian artillery has been a turning point: for the first time in the war, Ukrainian howitzers can deliver sustained fire on to Russian positions. It also means that Moscow — while still destroying Ukrainian vehicles in the minefields — has less artillery power to kill the infantry that emerge from them. As a result, Ukrainian troops are succeeding in taking Russian positions, even when their vehicles are caught in the open.”
More confirmation UA has broken thru first line.
“”Our troops in the south have already broken through the first line of defense and moved to the intermediate one. And there they face the fact that the enemy at the main, key dominant heights built engineering fortifications. This certainly complicates the movement of our troops and the fighting itself,” Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar reports. “
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