Defensive Structures News Today

Russians are now actively attacking Ukrainian construction equipment on the front, said military expert Serhii Beskrestnov with call sign "Flash" on an interviev with Radio NV on April 25.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the construction of defensive structures on all fronts should be completed "in a couple of months". On some fronts, up to 98% of the work has now been done. Source: Zelenskyy in an interview recorded in Chernihiv Oblast and shown on the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: "Everything will be ready in a couple of months, at least [when it comes to] the commitments regarding all three lines [of defence - ed.

The absence of defensive structures in the Avdiivka sector designated for Ukrainian troops to retreat to after withdrawing from the city was discussed by Censor.Net Editor-in-Chief YuriyButusov in an interview with NV Radio on Feb. 28.

At a meeting in Riga, Latvia, Defense ministers of the Baltic nations have agreed on a project to construct a line of fortifications along their borders with Russia and Belarus, including 600 bunkers in Estonia, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Jan. 19.

Russia has prepared tens of kilometers of new trenches and defensive structures in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk oblasts in recent months, according to a Jan. 9 Telegram post by the Ukrainian mayor of Russian-occupied Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov.

In anticipation of Moscow resuming its air strike campaign this winter, Ukraine has taken steps to protect key nodes of its energy infrastructure by erecting several layers of defensive structures, the head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development, Mustafa Nayyem, said at NV’s Dialogues on Resilience event on Oct. 5.

In Kursk Oblast of Russia, which borders Ukraine, the Russians are imitating the construction of defensive structures and strongholds for personnel and equipment. Source: National Resistance Center Details: Representatives of the local underground movement have discovered Russian locations along the border with Sumy Oblast (Ukraine).

Russian forces in occupied Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, have rigged bridges in the city with explosives and set up defensive structures near each one, Mariupol mayoral adviser Petro Andriushchenko said in a Telegram post on July 24.