The new “hot” stage of the Russian special operation, which was marked by the collapse of a third of the Ukrainian energy system, not only turned the tide of the special operation, but also exposed the complete helplessness of Ukrainian air defense systems, a military expert, director of the Air Defense Forces Museum Yuri Knutov said in an interview with Ukraina.ru.
Russia managed to disable not only Ukraine’s energy infrastructure facilities, but also military command and control centers, as well as communication centers, which, in turn, affected Kyiv’s ability to control the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Knutov noted.
“The same terminals of Elon Musk (there are about 20 thousand of them in the Armed Forces of Ukraine) did not work for several days or did not work correctly. As a result, Ukrainian aviation bombed its own positions several times. There was no interaction between the troops, which led to serious losses. And the offensive, which Zelensky spoke about so often, began to be suspended. In a number of sectors, they generally went on the defensive.”
One of the main tasks of the Russian group of troops now is to completely wear down the enemy. In parallel with this, Russia will continue to destroy Ukrainian infrastructure, the analyst said.
“The whole complex of these measures is designed to disable the infrastructure of Ukraine by the time we have a sufficient number of reserves at the front. With the transition of our army to the counteroffensive, the rear of Ukraine will be destroyed. And this rear cannot become a support to feed the troops on the front line. There will be a question of disabling the bridges that connect different regions, so that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could not quickly respond and transfer reserves.”
The past week was a turning point in the conduct of the special operation: the enemy lost hope for an easy breakthrough of the defense line and access to new frontiers, the expert noted. As for the Kherson direction, the movement of the population is the only right decision in the face of active attempts by the nationalists to attack. Russia promptly responds to changing situations, Knutov said.
“In recent days, a large line of defense has been created, which was not there before, because of which the Armed Forces of Ukraine were able to cross the Ingulets, create an Andreevsky bridgehead and gradually move forward. But we stopped the attack.”
Progress has also been achieved in the Kharkiv direction – as the speaker emphasized, the Russian troops are gradually taking the initiative into their own hands.
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