After the tactical retreat from Severodonetsk, the Ukrainian army did not collapse thousands of miles, but continued to consolidate its position in the city of Lisichansk in the west of the river.
I have previously analyzed that Lisichansk is a defensive position with more strategic value than Severodonetsk. One of the reasons is that it is higher than the surrounding towns and has both offensive and defensive capabilities. The American ISW (Institute of War Studies) ) said that information from the Ukrainian National Guard’s Quick Reaction Brigade suggested that the Ukrainian army may seek to launch a counterattack from Lischichansk.
In other words, at least so far, Ukraine still regards Lisichansk as the fulcrum of future counterattacks and will not give up easily.
In the past week, the Ukrainian army has continued to attack Russian command posts and "successfully attacked the Russian army's rear."
On the other hand, the Russian army has recently frequently used the long-range missile to launch violent strikes across Ukraine. The British Ministry of Defense analyzed that the Russian army's missile includes the Soviet-era AS-4 "Kitchen" (AS- 4 KITCHEN), and subsonic AS-23a "Kodiak" (AS-23a KODIAK) missiles. These missiles are usually used to attack targets of high strategic value, and the Russian military's current use of them seems to be just "to gain tactical advantages."
The British Ministry of Defense also believes that the Russian army has successively sent elite troops belonging to six different armies to attack Severodonetsk. Although it has achieved tactical success, its strength has also been further hollowed out. This situation may be unsustainable.
This may indeed be the case. As of June 27, according to Ukrainian statistics, the number of Russian military casualties has exceeded 35,000. Even at a discount, this number is quite astonishing, not to mention the heavy weapons such as aircraft and tanks. Huge loss.
In addition, Russian military commanders have always been the focus of the Ukrainian army’s elimination of snipers, long-range artillery precision strikes, and surprise attacks by loitering ammunition such as switch blades... According to statistics, As of June 24, the Russian army 775 officers have been lost.
As the saying goes, "A thousand troops are easy to come by, but a general is hard to find." A qualified commander is not easy to train. It is reported that due to the serious attrition of frontline commanders, a 67-year-old major general in Russia recently had to re-dress. Go into battle and come to the front line of the Uzbek War.
This person’s name is Pavel. He is 67 years old. He once participated in the Afghanistan War during the Soviet era. He is an experienced battlefield general and has been in charge of Russian special forces operations before retiring.
This time Pavel was ordered to lead a special forces unit on the front line of the Ukraine war, because the commander of the unit was bombed during the battle and was seriously injured and could no longer continue to fight on the front line.
Although he is still doing his job, it will be a huge challenge for Pavel to fight on the front line in Ukraine because in addition to being too old, he is also very obese.
According to Russian media reports, Pavel eats five meals a day and drinks one liter of vodka. He currently weighs 127 kilograms and has a huge waistline (see the picture below).
It is said that because they could not find suitable military uniforms, the Russian Ministry of Munitions had to urgently tailor several sets of clothing for Pavel. However, body armor is difficult to make alone, so they thought of a way to sew two pieces of body armor together. Together, use as one piece.
So Mr. Pavel's body armor is not for wearing, but for "wrapping".
Another interesting thing happened on the Wudong battlefield recently.
According to videos uploaded by Ukrainian netizens, at least one Russian T-34 medium tank appeared on the Ukrainian battlefield.
You can tell from the model alone that this is definitely an antique "classic car". You must know that the Russian army's latest main battle tank is the T-90M.
This is indeed the case,
T-34 tank, the Russian name is T-34 ТАНК , it was before World War II by Soviet designer Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin The medium tank that he led the design was very advanced at the time and was considered a "legendary tank" by the Russians. It was replaced by the T-54/T-55 in the late 1950s.
Nowadays, this grandfather-level Tucker and grandfather-level major general have appeared on the Ukrainian battlefield, which explains a lot of problems.
Text/Xilou Yinyue
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