Strictly speaking, this area should be the front of Kharkiv East-Donetsk North-Luhanske.
But the current situation is that the Russian army basically only retains a corner of Kharkov northeast and a very small area in the north of Donetsk , which can even be said to be almost negligible, so it seems more appropriate to call it the Luhansk front.
This battle line is of course the formation of lines, or it only appeared after the defeat of Kharkov- bonus man . More than two months ago, even if the Russian army thought about it, they would not have thought that the front line could shrink to such a level.
Indeed, it is a fact that the Russian army sang empty city plan in Kharkov, and it is also a fact that the local Russian army and reserve team performed poorly.
Simply put, if the Ukrainian army concentrates its new forces against Kharkov, it is inevitable to take big steps and retreat based on the actual configuration of the Russian army in the local area. This is an inevitable backlash caused by improper strategic deployment, and the Russian General Staff is indispensable.
But whether it is retreating or retreating, there is a difference between good-looking and ugly. It’s not that the above has ordered the withdrawal, and they just ran away in a race. This is a war! How can we patronize ourselves when the army is fighting?
The situation of the Kharkov Russian army slipped too fast, and even said that even if there was not even a Russian army in the local area, the Ukrainian army was directly driven in and planting the flag. The time spent was not much different from the actual combat.
The consequence of this is that the Russian reserve team has no time to prepare for the defense line behind. Of course, the Russian army did not have a ready-to-use reserve team in the theater and even the border areas, which was full of complaints.
So there is a strange situation where you should not defend, you should not support, you should not fight, you should not fight, you should not skip, you should not skip, you should not skip.
The Barakleya front-line base was lost, the Ijum combat base was lost, and the Kupiansk supply base was lost. Under a series of battlefield out of control, the Russian army's restrained positions in the north and east of Kharkov were also abandoned, and all Ukrainian troops in Kazakhstan could be transferred to the offensive.
At the same time, Ijium was transferred, causing a large number of Ukrainian troops in the Slaviyansk urban agglomeration to join the counter-offensive team, and these Ukrainian troops were ready to fight at any time. However, the Russian army temporarily pieced together the reserve team was not even prepared for the defensive positions of the Oskir River-North Donetsk River. After experiencing a not-fever battle (the Ukrainian army was mainly killed and injured by air artillery fire), the Ukrainian army quickly broke through the Russian river defense line.
At this time, the Ukrainian army pointed to the strategic location - Chongliman, which was the only Russian position at that time that could directly threaten the Slaviyansk urban agglomeration. However, there were very few local garrison troops, and the reinforcements in the rear were not far away, but they were still unable to advance. Friends around Chongliman were still retreating, resulting in the important land having to abandon it in early October.
In this case, the Ukrainian army not only recovered most of the occupied areas of Kazakhstan and removed the direct threat of the Slaviyansk urban agglomeration, but also crossed the Oskir River and the Beidon River and approached Luhansk . It would be really unreasonable to retreat again. Kadyrov of Chechnya scolded the Central Military Region for Laping and the Russian General Staff. This was not the temporary intention of the "rude man", but it represented the opinions of a considerable number of people in Russia, and even the highest level.
Therefore, Lugansk could not retreat again, and the Russian generals and troops on the front line reorganized the Svato-Crimina defense line to block the Ukrainian army's attack.
At this time, the Ukrainian army's attack had lasted for more than a month. The losses were not large when directly connected, but the losses were still relatively heavy when exposed to air artillery fire. In addition, the bulk mechanized troops were unable to maintain assault power for a long time and the fatigue of the soldiers increased, so the offensive suddenly decreased after winning the bonus man.
The Russian army took this opportunity to increase troops and consolidate the defense line, and then it initially stabilized its foothold in the border area of Luhansk.
Now the Ukrainian army in this direction include the 14th Aircraft Infantry Brigade, the 17th Tank Brigade, the 25th Airborne Brigade, the 80th Aircraft Infantry Brigade, the 81st Aircraft Infantry Brigade, and the 92nd Aircraft Infantry Brigade; the 3rd Tank Brigade and the 66th Aircraft Infantry Brigade activated by the Reserve; the 4th Mobile Brigade and the 27th Brigade of the National Guard; the 103rd Brigade, the 105th Brigade, the 113th Brigade and other departments of the Territorial Defense Army.
In addition, behind the front line, there are the 95th Air Raid Brigade and the 4th Tank Brigade activated by the Reserve as reserve; in Kharkov City, there are also the 3rd Brigade of the National Guard, the 5th Brigade, the 127th Brigade of the Territorial Defense Army and other departments. In addition, the Siren Camp and the International Mercenary Force are mainly invested in this direction.
In this war zone, the Ukrainian army Kharkov and Slaviyansk troops merged, so both the establishment and strength are quite considerable.
After winning the dividend Mann in early October, although the Ukrainian offensive suddenly decreased, it did not stop.
According to the analysis of the attack on the Ukrainian army, it is actually a rotating battle, that is, always keeping the troops of several brigades in contact with the Russian army, looking for the weaknesses of the Russian defense line, while more troops are resting and replenishing personnel, weapons and ammunition to facilitate the fight again.
Therefore, at present, the Ukrainian army in this direction still has considerable offensive combat power.
After increasing troops to stabilize the defense line, the Russian army also launched a local counterattack, but the tactical intention was not to counterattack and lose ground, but to occupy the buffer zone and improve the overall situation of the defense line.
Recently, the Ukrainian army's offensive efforts have increased. Judging from the domestic and international situation in Ukraine, it is indeed necessary to launch another round of fierce attack. At present, there is a lot of information about the Ukrainian army accumulating strength to carry out attacks, and there are also results.
If the Russian army can withstand this wave of attacks, the battlefield crisis will be lifted after its subsequent troops gradually come into place. But if the Kharkov-Kimliman story is staged again, it will be really unreasonable. Judging from the current information, the integration of the local Russian army has not reached a very high level, and the loopholes are also significant.
The Russian army had no commander-in-chief on the battlefield before, and the combat discipline was relatively chaotic. Now the so-called referendum of the four states has been completed, and Surovijin's commander-in-chief has also been appointed. If there is any situation where you easily escape from the formation or passively avoid the war, and you can beat him, it would be impossible not to impose military discipline seriously.
Currently, a new round of confrontation on this front has begun, so let’s watch the follow-up!
