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Fighting between Ukraine and Russia continues in many sectors of the front. While Russia is increasing its presence in the north, Ukraine is increasingly making a breakthrough in the east. However, both parties have a major problem: staff. Blick explains the current status.
Ukrainian success in the East
Last weekend, the Ukrainian army reported the recapture of the strategically important city of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast, in the east of the country. “I can confirm that this was achieved thanks to the efforts of the 80th Air Assault Brigade, the 5th Assault Brigade and the Joint Brigade of the National Police “Ljut” (“Anger”),” the newspaper “Ukrainskaya Pravda” quoted the spokesman as saying. as Ilya Jewlash said on Sunday Army Group East.
This shifts the fronts further to the east. According to international experts, Russian troops in the Zaporizhia region are coming under increasing pressure. According to the daily intelligence report from the Ministry of Defense in London on the war in Ukraine, Russia has now reinforced the troops on the ground with airborne troops.
Accordingly, at least five regiments were concentrated on the front within a few miles of the village of Robotyne. “At full strength, such a unit should consist of about 10,000 elite paratroopers. “Almost all units are most likely dramatically understaffed,” the Ministry of Defense statement in London said.
At Robotyne, the Ukrainians broke through a mine-laden and fortified Russian defense line.
The Ukrainians have now attacked the second line of defense in several locations. The fighting is heavy because the Russians have literally dug in their positions. But according to the Ukrainians, there is not much left behind the second line of defense. “Russia has put the greatest effort into building the first line, and from there less and less,” Ukrainian Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavsky told Britain’s “The Guardian” two weeks ago.
Russian pressure in the northeast
To this end, the Russian army is increasing pressure further to the northeast. In the Kupyansk area near Kharkiv, the Russian army has increased pressure in the area and stationed about 10,000 soldiers, the American think tank Institute For The Study Of War (ISW) also reported a few days ago. Geodata would therefore show that Russian troops were able to make up ground near Sinkiva, about ten kilometers northeast of Kupyansk.
Military Colonel Markus Reisner tells Die Welt that Russia is focusing on one target in the fighting around Kupyansk: the Oskil River. From there it should then continue to the cities of Izyum and Slovyansk, two junction cities in the east of the country.
The Ukrainian military has already announced that it will increase its presence in the region as a countermeasure.
Lack of staff on both sides
After a year and a half of war, there are always personnel shortages, especially on the Russian side. But the Ukrainians have also had to mobilize their elite brigades to capture strategically important places. In addition, part of the reserves were mobilized.
US military expert Rob Lee says availability of personnel is now the critical factor. “It is unclear how much turnover both sides have suffered over the past month, but that will likely determine how far Ukraine can move forward,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides have been killed or injured in recent months. The number of casualties on both sides cannot be independently verified. According to U.S. military information, about half a million troops have now been killed or wounded, the New York Times reported in late August.
Source: Blick
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