Russia-Ukraine War
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Moscow’s troops used the same pincer tactic on Velyka Novosilka that has enabled their recent capture of town after town in eastern Ukraine.
By consistent meheut
Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine
Based on their momentum in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces have taken some other small towns, according to army experts, taking another step in their push to conquer the entire Donetsk region.
Battlefield maps from independent teams analyzing satellite imagery and footage of fighting footage show that the city, Velyka Novosilka, is now under Russian control, and the Kremlin demanded its capture on Sunday. A foothold on the northern outskirts.
Although this gain is modest compared with Russia’s recent seizure of nearby Ukrainian strongholds like Vuhledar and Kurakhove, it underscores the effectiveness of a tactic that Moscow has been employing to take one town after another in eastern Ukraine: using its overwhelming personnel advantage to attack relentlessly, gradually trapping Ukrainian forces in a pincer movement and forcing them to retreat to avoid encirclement.
“From a tactical perspective, their technique is correct: they understood their capabilities and their benefits and used them effectively,” Maj. Ivan Sekach, a press officer with the Ukrainian Army’s 110th Brigade, which defended the region, said in an interview. “It would not be correct to say that the Russians don’t know how to fight. “
Major Sekach said the Ukrainian troops were fighting their backs with a river that made the operations very complicated, and added that for two weeks, ammunition and food had to be delivered through drones.
“The reinforcements of the troops have to cross the river, which is a very complex operation,” he said, pointing out that Russia “of course aware of it. “
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