Ukraine Situation Report: Breakthrough At Russia's Second Defensive Line
Ukraine's breakthrough at Russia's second defensive line is "pretty considerable," the DIA's director of analysis says.
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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.