In the early days of the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war this year, the Russian army gathered a large number of elite troops in the Ukrainian capital Kiev and the second largest city Kharkov, trying to capture two places in one fell swoop, but in the end their attack failed

In the early stage of the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war this year, the Russian army gathered a large number of elite troops around the Ukrainian capital Kiev and the second largest city Kharkov , trying to capture two places in one fell swoop, but in the end their attack failed; on the contrary, the Russian army on the southern front, which was filled with a large number of second-line troops, made great progress. After they set out from Crimea , they quickly conquered the entire Khelson Prefecture. Since Khelson can be used as a springboard for attacking Nikolayev and even Odessa , Ukrainian senior officials claimed to launch a large counterattack against Khelson as early as April, but the counterattack operation was delayed until the end of August. However, what the Russian army did not expect was that Ukraine's high-profile claim to counterattack against Khlsson was just a tactic of "speaking east and attacking west".

(the situation around Kharkiv)

In fact, the real focus of the Ukrainian army is on the northern line, that is, the periphery of Kharkiv. In the past week, a large number of Ukrainian troops suddenly appeared here, catching the 20th Russian Guards Army and some local militia militias off guard. The Ukrainian army recovered 8,000 square kilometers of territory in a short period of time. Moreover, from the battlefield situation chart, the Russian army, which was originally entrenched east of Kharkov and west of the Oskir River, was swept away. The strategic cities such as Ijium and Barakreya, which were taken by the Russian army several months to acquire, all changed hands. For such a defeat, the Russian Ministry of Defense can only find a replacement in the "war report". They claimed that the Russian army originally deployed in the above-mentioned areas moved to the direction of Donetsk within three days, in order to "strengthen the offensive in Donetsk"; it was as magical as the Ukrainian side's claim that "the Ukrainian army broke through to the Russian-occupied area (the prisoner of war camp)".

(Ukrainian army recovered the Russian-Ukrainian border settlement)

There are many things that make Ukrainian counterattack this time. First of all, the forces of Russia and Ukraine in the Kharkiv area were almost intertwined, and the Russian army's reconnaissance and artillery attacks on the local area have never stopped. So how did Ukraine gather such a large-scale force under the nose of the Russian army? Ganchev, the administrative head of Kharkov Prefecture, appointed by the Russian side, even claimed that the Ukrainian army involved in the attack was 8 times that of the local Russian army. This either means that the Russian army has low reconnaissance capabilities, or that the Russian army's reconnaissance units are all "footing".

(the destroyed Russian tank )

Secondly, although the Ukrainian army caught Russia off guard at the first time, the troops like the 20th Guards Army were considered elite Russian troops. In the face of Ukrainian attack, they did not stabilize their positions, and secondly, they did not launch a counterattack on Ukraine. Instead, they discarded a large amount of main combat equipment, including main combat tanks, self-propelled artillery , infantry fighting vehicles and even extremely expensive anti-artillery radars such as "Zoo-1M". In the direction of Liman, the Ukrainian armored troops crossed the North Donetsk River without even encountering any resistance, and the Russian army did not even want this "natural barrier".

(Russian infantry fighting chariot was "beheaded")

At present, it seems that the situation faced by the Russian army in the future may become increasingly unfavorable. Since Russia has not declared a state of war with Ukraine, it is inconvenient for them to mobilize the whole nation. With the strength of ten army groups before the war, it was very difficult to capture Ukraine. On the other hand, Ukraine began national mobilization early, and they sent hundreds of thousands of reserves and paramilitary troops to the front line (when the Russian army had the upper hand, they were cannon fodder, and the Russian army retreated and defeated, and these cannon fodder troops could become more and more brave as they fought). Therefore, a very strange situation occurred, that is, the Russian army, which had never shortage of soldiers in wars in history, is now in short supply of troops.

(Barakreya, destroyed Russian military vehicle with the character "Z")

As the saying goes, things that cannot be obtained on the battlefield will never be imagined at the negotiating table.In the early days of the war, when the Russian army was in an advantage, Russia's negotiations were very tough, but now it is the Ukrainian government's turn to be tough. Recently, Ukrainian President Zelensky made it clear in an interview with CNN: refuses to negotiate! He claimed that "it is impossible at the moment. I have no intention of seeing the other party's constructive posture."

The battlefield situation is grim, and the Russian side will certainly not be indifferent. First of all, the Russian Supreme Commander-President Putin "supervised the battle personally"! Recently, Russian President's Press Secretary Peskov said that special military operations will continue until the initial goal is achieved; and, in this process, any actions of the Russian army must be reported to Putin .

Secondly, the Russian army changes its generals! The former Donbass regional commander Lieutenant General Roman Beldnikov was removed from office, and Putin appointed General Alexander Rabin, commander of the Central Military Region, to replace him.

(General Alexander Rabin, commander of the Russian Central Military Region, took over the command of Donbas )

Third, the Russian army began to carry out large-scale bombing. Russian Ministry of Defense declared that air, rocket and artillery units are carrying out large-scale attacks on Ukrainian armed forces units in various combat directions. The "high precision" strike was also launched on positions near Slaviyansk and Konstantinovka in the East Donetsk region.

To sum up, this large counterattack between the Ukrainian army has leveraged the war balance to some extent. Next, will Ukraine continue to drive away the Russian army with its remnant of victory, or will Russia's extreme counterattack be carried out? Let's wait and see.