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Ukraine's breakthrough at Russia's second defensive line is "pretty considerable," the DIA's director of analysis says.

Russia's "dragon's teeth" anti-tank defenses were easily breached by soldiers, a former company commander of Ukraine's Aidar Battalion said.

There is a "realistic possibility" that Ukrainian forces can break through the remaining Russian defensive lines on the southern front by the end of 2023, Trent Maul, the director for analysis of the U.S.' Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), said in an interview with The Economist on Sept. 6.

The Ukrainian counteroffensive along the Zaporizhzhia Oblast sector continues to push south past Robotyne toward Verbove.

Yevhen Dykyi, a former company commander of the Aidar Battalion, explained in an interview with NV Radio on Sept. 4 how the Ukrainian military breached Russia’s first defensive line, advancing towards Tokmak in Zaporizhzhya Oblast.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov submitted his resignation on Monday in a shake-up that comes as the military breached Russia's first defensive line in the south.

Ukrainian forces have achieved a significant breakthrough by successfully breaching Russia's initial defensive line near Zaporizhzhia, General Oleksandr Tarnavsky, the commander of Ukraine's military fighting in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, said in an interview with the Guardian.

Kyiv's forces have made important gains on the front line in the southeast of the country, according to the Ukrainian military.

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have reported that Ukrainian forces "are within striking distance of the next series of prepared Russian defensive positions" in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Ukrainian forces have made tactically significant gains in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast, attacking through some of the most challenging series of Russian fortifications, the Institute for the Study of War reported in its daily briefing on Aug. 26.