"Second Line - Weaker": ISW analysts confirmed the breakthrough of the defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Zaporozhye (maps)

The Russian army has acquired three lines of defense in Zaporozhye. However, she spent three times more than the second and third. The Armed Forces command assures that the fighters will continue faster. The Fighters of the Armed Forces broke through the strongest line of defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the western part of the Zaporizhzhya front of the front. Before them is the second line that is less powerful than the first. About it writes the Institute of War Study.

ISW analysts have concluded on the counter -offensive actions of defense forces on the basis of Ukrainian command statements, as well as reports of Russian military military. The commander of "Tavriya" Brigade General Alexander Tarnavsky told about "tangible successes" of the Armed Forces in the western part of the front line in Zaporozhye.

At the same time, he expects that the Ukrainian warriors will continue faster, since the second line of defense, which is not as powerful as the first, is ahead. According to the Russian troops, which the ISW refers, the Armed Forces approached the defense line near the robot. This site is called either the first line of defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, or just a line of defense, without a number, emphasized analysts of the institute.

Tarnavsky justified why it would be easier. In particular, the troops of the Armed Forces spent 60% of the time on the construction of the first line, and on the second and third - 20%. The first line is a network of trenches and mine fields through which the Armed Forces have already passed. The following lines are not equipped so carefully, so it will be relatively easier to move forward. Analysts also refer to the statements of the Alexander Sheptun, a spokesman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The military explained how the promotion happened. According to him, the fighters exchanged mine fields at night, as in the afternoon the Russians counteracted this process with aviation and artillery. He also noted that "heavy minefields made Ukrainians break into narrow paths. " Meanwhile, it is also emphasized that mine fields south of the robot can really be less dense. However, they indicate that only these areas have such a feature - at others the density is higher.

Tarnavsky also stressed that the advance in the western part of the front line in Zaporozhye - "operational priority" for command. ISW analysts also published cards of the current situation in the area where the Armed Forces is moved. In particular, they showed a plot near the robot and willow. It is evident that between the robot and the next settlement - Novoprokopivka - really a terrain, almost free from the fortifications of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

However, a half way to Tokmak is another solid line of Russian fortifications. On another fragment of the map - a plot near the willow. Russian troops have warned that there was a possible retreat of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Analysts show that the terrain seems to be under the control of the occupiers.

It should be noted that the General Staff of the Armed Forces in the report as of September 3, 2023 noted that the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to attack on the eastern section of the front near Zaporizhzhya - near the village of Priutin. In addition, the enemy fired at the settlements from the artillery, closest to the front line. On the online map of the Deepstate fighting changes in the front line in the south yet.