Earlier this month, Ukraine captured the village of Robotyne and breached Russia’s first – and main – line of defence on the southern front. For months, Ukrainian progress had slowed in the face of Russian tank traps, minefields and so-called dragon’s teeth – large, triangular concrete blocs meant to impede armoured vehicles.
Kyiv has now been attempting to widen that breach, attacking south towards Novoprokopivka and southwest towards Verbove.
Barros added: “The Ukrainians in this video likely drove down a country road that creates a hole in the ditch and teeth lines…It indicates that Ukrainian forces have likely defeated local Russian’s defence in this section of the line.”
The news of a fresh assault on the southern front comes amid good news for Kyiv in the east where Ukraine’s forces have seized the towns of Klishchiivka and Andriivka near Bakhmut.
The ISW reported: “Russian servicemen and mil bloggers revealed that the Russian military command orders Russian troops to carry out “ill-conceived and unsupported” counterattacks on Bakhmut’s southern flank to urgently regain lost ground.”
Previously there were reports that Moscow had moved forces from the eastern front to shore up its embattled defences in the south.
It’s possible those movements weakened Russia’s eastern flank and allowed Ukrainian forces to exploit that weakness.
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