Donetsk The front is actually the front that the Donetsks were most concerned about before the launch of the Russian-Ukrainian war, because the Ukrainian army directly surrounded the barrier area next to the city of Donetsk. The endless shelling allowed this big city to feel the atmosphere of war at any time.
However, what made the Donetsks difficult for them to let go was that the only front in this direction was the most anxious since the war started. It is not appropriate to say that there is no progress forward; but it is indeed true that there is no major progress.
This Battle One line extends from the western suburbs of Donetsk to the north, and then extends to the northeast to the periphery of Gorlovka, and then connects to the Seversk-Atmsk front.
In the early stages of the war, the Donetsk armed forces achieved a breakthrough in the northeast of Avadivka and made a prominent position in the depth of the Ukrainian defense line, but the successor's troops were insufficient and it was difficult to expand the results.
After the end of the Battle of Mariupol and digesting the southern Donetsk area, the Donetsk armed forces launched a frontal offensive, but the casualties were too large and the progress was quite small.
At the end of July, the Donetsk forces, who had rested and recuperated, launched an attack on the outside of Don City. The biggest progress was that they captured the frontier fortress of the Ukrainian army, and once captured most of the Malinka.
The Donetsk armed forces’ combat intentions are very clear, which is to open several breakthroughs on the front line and then push the Ukrainian army out to ensure that the city of Donetsk is not disturbed by artillery bombardment. Especially when attacking Avadivka on the northeast side, this large fortress area made Donetsk feel like a thorn in his throat.
However, it is not easy to attack the fortress area where the Ukrainian army has been operating for 8 years. The Ukrainian army has spread all over the area, and the Donetsk armed forces are difficult to advance, and they have to suffer considerable casualties.
So far, the cumulative casualties of the Donetsk armed forces have exceeded 18,000. Although most of the wounded people can return to the battlefield, most of the casualties and those who are disabled due to injuries are experienced veterans. The Don't Armed Forces can be said to be injured.
Now the Donetsk armed forces are deliberately reducing casualties in combat, but their combat posture is still quite active. It is mainly to strengthen the use of drones and continuously kill and injure the Ukrainian army with elite troops and artillery, and to reduce their own losses while achieving better results of attrition.
In addition, in terms of the advancement of the front line, the Donetsk armed forces are also expanding to the surrounding areas after ensuring Pesky, and there are still some progress at present. Of course, this kind of progress cannot even be discussed in some villages, and it can even be calculated in detail.
The Ukrainian army now has a basic assessment of the specific combat power and sustainable combat power of the Donetsk armed forces. Given that it is not realistic to launch a large-scale counterattack in this direction, it will hit the iron plate. Therefore, the Ukrainian army on this front can be said to be specialized in the garrison, and the scale of the gathering of troops is not particularly large.
Currently, the Ukrainian troops on this front include the 53rd Air Infantry Brigade, the main force of the 56th Motor Infantry Brigade, the 79th Air Assault Brigade after reorganization, the newly transferred 115th Territorial Defense Army, and of course a large number of unknown territorial defense forces.
As we mentioned earlier, the effective defense tactics summarized by the Ukrainian army now are the targeted adjustments made by some main forces and a large number of territorial defense forces. Of course, the loss of players like
is large, but it will not cause excessive damage to the main force, and it will also free a large number of main force. After these main forces are released, they can be used as mobile troops, which is what we see now.
From the author's personal point of view, he does not agree with the current playing style of the Russian army. The tactics themselves are suitable for the times. Firepower and steady attacks are effective in the early stages of the Battle of Donbass in because the Ukrainian army has not yet found adaptable tactics. When someone adjusts his tactics and finds a solution to the countermeasures, he still remains unchanged, which is obviously not possible.
According to the current attack efficiency of the Russian coalition and the Ukrainian army's garrison method, even if the Russian mobilized troops are in place, this kind of fighting style is quite "silly".If you want to push the front line and take down the theoretical boundaries of the four states, you have to eat hundreds of towns and villages, and press them with a large number of casualties. Not only do you lose too much blood, these areas are also a pile of rubble, all of which have been wiped out by the war.
The Russian army is now concerned about intermittent combat and casualties, which anyone can see. However, in a flat-push style, the casualties will be greater after the ground meat, and the results will be very small.
should not adopt a frontal flat push tactic for attacks on large-scale building area , as this is precisely to help the Ukrainian army exert the power of the building area.
Specifically speaking of the war in Donetsk, the key point is the Red Army City. If the Russian army can release mobile troops, no longer be obsessed with one city and one place, or even no longer care about certain casualties, and when making various plans, especially ensuring logistics, boldly launch an assault battle, directly threaten or even cut off the logistics line of the Ukrainian barrier area in the front of Donetsk, forcing it to escape from the turtle shell, perhaps the overall effect will be better.
But we are not the Russian army. We cannot decide what its specific capabilities are.
But just following the current playing style, it will definitely not work. We can see what will happen in two months!
