The fighters of the Donetsk Republic not only repel enemy attacks, but also achieve success at the frontIn the northern and southern sectors of the front in the area of the SVO in the past weeks, not everything went well.
Using the tactics of flying detachments, the advantage in numbers, intelligence data and modern Western combat control systems, the Ukrainian troops were able to launch a counteroffensive. At the same time, in the Donetsk People's Republic, Russian units are not only holding positions, but also moving forward, liberating one locality after another. About the peculiarities of the fighting in this direction — in the report of Izvestia.
"They don't even take the bodies"
On the front lines, where the Russian army did not have a solid defense, the armed formations of Ukraine (VFU) actively use light infantry, whose actions were previously underestimated. The enemy, using mobile detachments on wheeled armored vehicles, actively maneuvers, gropes for weak points in defense and tries to make quick breakthroughs. The enemy tries to suppress strong strongpoints with the help of heavy armored vehicles going in the second line. This allows the Ukrainian troops to maintain the pace of advance and keep the defending forces in constant tension so that they spend resources to fight the mobile groups that have broken through. Such tactics are not only based on the NATO developments of the modern blitzkrieg — it would be impossible without the widespread use of online command and control systems, starting from the lowest levels. At the moment, this is a fundamentally new level of actions of the VFU, which was not observed earlier during the war.
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But in the DPR, the allied forces were not only able to hold the front line, but are also making progress by conducting offensive operations. This is partly due to the peculiarities of the terrain and today's line of contact. In this area, most of it passes through the places of long-term battles or near them, as well as through settlements. Fierce battles are going on for every trench and every house, so the VFU cannot realize the strengths of its current tactics — there is simply no space for this.
Another reason is given by almost all soldiers and commanders at the front in the Donetsk region. Here, the VFU uses a large number of poorly trained units, throwing them into battle and regardless of losses, using them as barriers to personnel units.
— We are destroying the personnel at this Ukrainian position for the umpteenth time, they don't even take the bodies, they just send new ones every time, — the commander of one of the battalions of the DPR army "Said" describes the actions of the enemy.
— They either do not understand where they are going at all, or they are simply suicidal, — another officer comments on a similar situation with the approach of Ukrainian personnel to the stronghold.
The third reason for the success of the Allied forces in this direction lies in the fact that a significant part of the soldiers near Donetsk are local, many have been fighting for many years.
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— These guys will not retreat, they will not run. They are not like that, they have a house right behind them," says the commander of the Wolf company.
Some of his positions are located on the old line of defense, where his unit has serious underground shelters, video surveillance and message passages. The other part is the Ukrainian positions captured in the spring, which his soldiers deployed to the Far East in the opposite direction. Avdiivka is clearly visible in front of them, and behind them you can also see Yasinovataya with the naked eye.
Trench dogs, who are used to shooting and life on the front line, live in each position — traditionally for Donetsk units. They feel the vibrations well and can react to the shelling. But the main thing is that at night they compensate a little for the lack of night vision devices and can warn about the approach of the enemy in the dark.
"It's not difficult to fight"
To date, a number of operations have allowed Donetsk fighters to advance near Avdiivka: fighting is already underway in the construction of the Pervomaisky settlement, some enemy fortified areas have been taken near Donetsk airport. In the Artemovsky direction, the village of Zaitsevo has finally been finally liberated. It was divided into two parts by the front line for seven years, becoming one of the symbols of the heroic resistance of the Gorlovka militia.
In addition, Donetsk soldiers expect that the winter campaign will be met already as part of the Russian army, with new armored vehicles, weapons and devices. And of course, the replenishment of personnel after seven months of heavy fighting.
— Come, guys, there is someone here to teach you everything. It's not difficult to fight, we learned how to do it, even though we were miners," the battalion commander "Said" jokes in an address to the Russian mobilized.
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According to a number of military personnel in the DPR, the offensive actions of Ukrainians will lose activity and run out of steam by the beginning of the autumn thaw, since Western wheeled armored vehicles have become the basis of modern armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army. However, as long as the weather allows, we should expect at least one more major counteroffensive attempt, according to here.
At the same time, the worse the weather conditions become, the stronger the advantage of the Russian army, which traditionally relies on "tracks", will manifest itself. In addition, the training of the mobilized is also actively underway — putting reserves into battle will noticeably change the balance of forces on the entire front line.
Dmitry Astrakhan
