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(Dan Tri) – Russia is accelerating its offensive across the Eastern front of Ukraine, taking advantage of the time when the Kiev army is still waiting for aid from the West.
Russian forces opened artillery fire toward the Ukrainian army (Photo: Sputnik).
Waiting five months before the US Congress approved $61 billion in military aid may have caused lasting damage to Kiev.
Russian forces have taken advantage of the `thirsty artillery shells` that have hindered Ukraine’s defense system since last December to advance on the eastern front near Avdiivka, achieving their biggest advance since the early months.
Moscow’s advance has prompted senior Ukrainian military officials to warn of a possible threat to Kiev’s supply routes and hub in the east, which is facing danger in
The gloomy news about Ukraine’s progress comes ahead of an anticipated Russian attack at the end of May, which could threaten Ukraine’s presence in the Donetsk region.
Russia has unleashed huge resources to attack Ukraine’s weakened defense system across the eastern front line, towards three key points: the important military center of Pokrovsk, west of Avdiivka;
On February 17, Ukraine announced that it had withdrawn from Avdiivka, which Russia apparently lost hundreds of soldiers to gain control of.
Over the next 10 weeks, CNN maps and analysis by Ukrainian monitoring group DeepStateMap show that Russian forces will slowly take control of villages west of Avdiivka, taking advantage of Kiev’s failure to build a network of fortifications.
Only on April 28 did Ukraine’s senior military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, admit the fall of a series of villages that his subordinates insisted had remained in dispute for several days.
According to CNN analysis, the results show that Russian forces, in just over two months, have made the most rapid and significant progress since advances near Severodonetsk in July 2022.
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Location of some areas in Eastern Ukraine (Photo: BBC).
Ukraine’s unwillingness to acknowledge these losses has led to public criticism from some pro-Ukrainian military analysts and bloggers.
One of the group’s founders, Ruslan Mykula, said they spoke up because they felt `the military spokesman had the opportunity to check the real situation, but he still provided false information and this made
Mr. Mykula said Russia’s advances near Ocheretyne, a village that fell under Russian control west of Avdiivka in recent weeks, were `a tactical success so far,` but this could be viewed as
`In the current situation, it will be difficult to stop the opponent because the offensive momentum is being pushed to places where the defense has not received enough attention,` Mr. Mykula commented.
The Ukrainian General Staff said on April 30 that Kiev forces were protecting a series of villages near Pokrovsk.
He said Kiev’s defense forces needed `strength to demonstrate capabilities in the Pokrovsk direction`, along with other dangerous front lines in the south near Kurakhove and also in the northeast near Kupiansk.
President Zelensky emphasized that the US arms aid package approved after 6 months of delay plays a very important role in stabilizing the situation at important positions on the 1,000km long front line.
Referring to the areas in eastern and northeastern Ukraine where fighting is still intense, President Zelensky said these are the areas where Russia is putting pressure and Kiev forces must repel the enemy.
Russia’s further advance toward Kurakhove in the southeastern part of this front line could jeopardize the advances Ukraine has made in its summer counteroffensive.
In the north, Russia regularly raids Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkov, but also pushes along the front line near Kupiansk, to retake territory reclaimed by Ukraine in a lightning offensive late on.
Ukrainian officials have also publicly warned of a threat to Chasiv Yar, a small city near the city of Bakhmut, which Russia declared control of last May.
Chasiv Yar is located on a hill, and Lieutenant Colonel Nazar Voloshyn, spokesman for the Khortytsia Group of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, said Russian forces were aiming to advance along the nearby canal and seize it to
Ukrainian military officials said that Russian military commanders aim to take control of the stronghold of Chasiv Yar on May 9.
`It is very important for them to capture Chasiv Yar before we receive foreign aid… when we are no longer short of ammunition. If the enemy takes the heights and gains a foothold there
If these four areas along the same highway are threatened, Russia will be much closer to its goal of controlling the entire Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine.
Yurii Fedorenko, commander of the Achilles attack drone company of the 92nd independent assault brigade, said that the next two months mark a `door of opportunity` for Russian forces.
He said Russian forces have realized that Ukraine will soon `be equipped with air defense systems and the necessary amount of ammunition concentrated on the front line, which will make it impossible for the enemy to carry out missions with