Using Abrams and Bradley: The Armed Forces are in vain fighting in Kurshchyna instead of Donbass - Forbes

Journalist David Ex writing that on October 26 or shortly, three Ukrainian units of American descent had broken the positions of the Russians near the village of New. With the help of a drone that recorded the promotion of the Armed Forces equipment from above, it was noticeable how the "Bradley" went forward, letting smoke for covering and shooting with 25 mm automatic guns and anti-tank Tow missiles. Abrams was walking behind, increasing the rapid assault.

"Reflecting from the Russian fire, three cars moved to the Russian Armed Forces of the Russian Federation North of the border. Reduction of firing from Russian positions, noticeable during the broadcast from the drone, and in the video shot by the crews of Ukrainian equipment, says that the Ukrainians were winners From this fight, "the journalist writes.

At the same time, his skepticism causes the use of such equipment for 250 miles (more than 400 km) from the place of active advancement of Russians near Kurakhov in eastern Ukraine.

"And what is the essence? While the elite 47 mechanized brigade is the only one that uses M-1 Abrams and M-2 Bradley-wins in meaningless battles near the border village with Russia, the 79th Ukrainian airborne The assault brigade is barely holding on the defense line in Illinka, which is a few kilometers south of Kurakhov, " - says David ex. The journalist writes that in the event of the fall of Illinka, the seizure of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is a matter of time.

A key element of the promotion of Russians in the Donbass may be a compression of the positions of half a dozen Ukrainian brigades before a speech in the south of Donetsk region. Forced indentation - or "bag", if you borrow the term Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseev - is a classic tactic on the battlefield, which the Russian army in Ukraine has used with a devastating effect in recent months.

"The Russians continue to successfully apply the" bag "tactics, bypassing our positions on three sides and leaving a narrow" throat "for retreat. As a result, even in capable parts, panic of the environment often begins, which leads to the removal of troops," Aseev explained. In the event that the Armed Forces lose the south of the Donetsk region, they may not have a different choice but to arrange a desperate resistance in Pokrovsk, which is a few dozen kilometers north of Kurakhov.

But in the case of Pokrovskaya, there is a likelihood of collapse of the defense line in eastern Ukraine. "Bans in the East are huge; rates in the Kursk region at best are ambiguous. Strong Ukrainian forces with many best armored vehicles of foreign production in early August were entered in Kursk region and quickly captured hundreds of square miles; a recent raid of the 47th mechanized brigade is the result Efforts.

He is convinced that if Ukraine tried to attract significant Russian forces in the Kursk region to deplete the Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, then this failed: Russia was able to counter in this direction without slowing its offensive in Donetsk.

"If Ukraine seeks to keep part of the Kursk region to exchange it for parts occupied by Russia during any future peace negotiations, it obviously makes a bet that will not lose more Ukrainian land as a result of invasion than it will receive during possible negotiations. "A dangerous rate," the journalist states. We will remind, Focus wrote that more than two months have passed since the beginning of the Kursk operation of the Armed Forces.

The achievements of the Ukrainian forces are objective: the Russian Federation does not control part of the region, Kiev uses it in negotiations with Moscow. Meanwhile, the situation in the Donbass is getting worse, and whole cities are admired. We also told how Ukraine in the Kursk region received the advantage that there was no previously in the war.