ARTICLE
Ukrainian Armed Forces break through first line of defense and reach intermediate line in some southern areas
Ukrainska Pravda
Alona Mazurenko
Friday, 4 August 2023, 21:22
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/4/7414271/
Ukrainian Armed Forces break through first line of defense and reach intermediate line in some southern areas
Hanna Maliar, Deputy Defence Minister, has reported that Ukrainian defenders had broken through the first line of defence of the Russians and moved to the intermediate line in some areas in the south of the country.
SOURCE: Maliar during the air of the national joint 24/7 newscast
QUOTE: “If we talk about the south, as on the Bakhmut front, our forces continue to carry out offensive actions, making their way through the serious resistance of the enemy – continuous artillery shelling, mining.
But our troops in the south in some places have broken through the first line of defence and moved to the intermediate line. And there they are now faced with the fact that the enemy has actually built engineering fortifications on the main, key commanding heights. This, of course, complicates the movement of our troops and the combat operations themselves.
Both in the south and in the east, the enemy is deploying its reserves. And they are now mainly deploying professional units. We are seeing airborne assault units being thrown into battle both here and there.”
VIDEOS
1. Ukrainian drone strike in Crimea illuminates sky after massive explosion
The Sun
4.23M subscribers
Aug 4, 2023 5:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu-tQ2h01xk
Russia’s defense ministry said on Friday, August 4, it had prevented a Ukrainian drone attack on a facility in Crimea overnight. Video circulating on social media on Friday showed air defenses firing into the night sky before an explosion in Feodosia, located on the eastern coast of the Crimean peninsula.
Further footage circulating on the same date, said to be from Feodosia, showed a fireball followed by a loud bang. Car alarms are heard blaring following the explosion. The ministry said air defense shot down 10 unmanned aerial vehicles and three others were taken down by “electronic warfare.”
“There were no casualties or damage as a result of the foiled terrorist attack,” the ministry statement said. On the same day, Ukrainian officials said they carried out a successful unmanned drone attack on a warship in the Russian port city of Novorossiysk.
... interesting thought
2. It might be easier to reintegrate Crimea into Ukraine than Donbas
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpjfZDA6gC0