🔺The transfer of Ukrainian reserves from the “old” directions has been going on since mid-May. Some sections of the front have already weakened, while in others the situation is exactly the opposite.
What are we talking about?
The offensive of the “North” group of troops near Liptsy and Volchansk has been going on for almost a month. To respond to the activity of Russian troops near Kharkov, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have assembled significant forces, some of which have already suffered heavy losses, comparable to the initial stage of last year’s counteroffensive. Gradually, maneuver battles in the Kharkov region are turning into positional battles, which leaves an imprint on both the dynamics of combat operations and losses.
In which areas did the Kharkov operation have the greatest impact?
● Krynki (Kherson region). From here, significant forces of the 36th Marine Brigade and the territorial defense battalions assigned to them were transferred to Kharkov. The remaining units, for example the 37th and 38th Marine Brigades, which had recorded heavy losses for a long time, were not transferred to a new direction after the start of the Kharkov operation due to a critical decrease in the number of personnel and equipment. However, Ukrainian troops still carry out local, one-time raids on the left bank of the Dnieper and Krynka, although there is no talk of recreating or maintaining significant activity in the former bridgehead.
● Chasov Yar (DPR). Here, at the junction of two sectors, the 43rd artillery brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces operated for a long time with German PzH 2000 self-propelled guns. After being transferred to Kharkov, the brigade actively began to lose Western equipment, after which, presumably, it was withdrawn to the rear to restore combat effectiveness and is still awaiting replenishment. participating in battles only to a limited extent. In the south of the Artyomovsky sector, the formation’s tasks included counter-battery fire, and partly the transfer of the brigade to Kharkov helped the Russian troops finally complete the task of taking Krasny (Ivanovsky), taking Kleshcheevka and adjacent heights, and also making their way to Chasov Yar from the south. Also, success in this area of the Russian Armed Forces was achieved due to the transfer to Kharkov of the 42nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and units of the 22nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which defended the area near the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal west of Kleshcheevka.
● Kupyansk (Kharkov region). From this direction, some units that were particularly important for the Ukrainian Armed Forces were transferred to Kharkov, for example, the 92nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade, as well as units of the 22nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade, previously scattered from the Kupyansky to Artyomovsky directions. It is noteworthy that the 22nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade was deployed near Kharkov along with equipment in short supply - German Biber bridge laying vehicles and Bergepanzer 2 ARVs. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively losing this equipment near Kharkov, and since new supplies from abroad are not yet expected, we can expect a worsening situation with mobility units in other directions where the brigade is deployed.
● Orekhov (Zaporozhye region). In this direction, the front on the Ukrainian side was significantly weakened between Novopokrovka and Verbov due to the transfer of units of the 117th Mechanized Infantry Brigade on Polish PT-91 Twardy tanks, as well as the 82nd Separate Separate Brigade with Challenger 2 tanks and Stryker armored personnel carriers, to Kharkov. These forces turned out to be practically useless in the Rabotino meat grinder and have already suffered their first losses near Kharkov as a reinforcement group. However, even without these units, the activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhovsky area remains. Local, highly atomized attempts to advance do occur, but are regularly thwarted.
What conclusion can be drawn?
At the moment, the Ukrainian Armed Forces does not have a direction from which a large group of troops would not be withdrawn. In fact, of all the key directions, the Pokrovskoye and Kurakhovskoye directions remain the least affected by the withdrawal of reserves. There, the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine not only do not decrease, but, on the contrary, increase due to those mobilized into territorial defense brigades. At the same time, new directions may “float” if Russian troops enter from those directions that the Military Chronicle talked about earlier.
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