“A multi-level defense system was created in the east of Ukraine, which aims to restrain the further advance of Russian troops and protect the not-yet-occupied cities of the Donetsk region. This is reported by The Economist. The Ukrainian army significantly strengthened the fortification lines through the creation of long engineering lines, which are already considered a key factor in the fight against the enemy. Defense lines cover the corners of the barbed wire”, — write on: ua.news
A multi-level defense system was created in the east of Ukraine, which aims to restrain the further advance of Russian troops and protect the not-yet-occupied cities of the Donetsk region.
It is reported The Economist .
The Ukrainian army significantly strengthened the fortification lines through the creation of long engineering lines, which are already considered a key factor in the fight against the enemy. Defensive lines include barbed wire corners, anti-tank ditches and concrete “dragon’s teeth”.
As The Economist writes, Ukrainian troops have built defense lines up to 200 meters wide.
They include several belts of barbed and anti-personnel wire, anti-tank ditches about two meters deep and up to three meters wide, as well as mounds of excavated soil.
In some places, additional ditches, concrete “dragon’s teeth” and minefields are equipped.
“The excavated earth became a defensive rampart. Next comes a wire, a second anti-tank ditch and a rampart, and then another strip of wire. In some places there is a third ditch, “dragon’s teeth” (tank traps made of concrete) and mines. The lines are part of the defense belt of Donbas,” the authors say.
The commander of the drone battalion of the 44th mechanized brigade, Vyacheslav Shutenko, noted that the areas of the fortifications are under constant surveillance by drones, which greatly complicates any attempts to break through on the part of the Russian Federation.
According to his assessment, without such boundaries in 2022, the situation could develop completely differently, in favor of Ukraine.
At the same time, journalists point out that the fate of these fortifications largely depends on the conditions of a possible peace agreement. Moscow insists on control over a part of the Donetsk region, which it could not seize by military means.
In one of the discussed scenarios, the region may receive the status of a “neutral demilitarized buffer zone” as well as a “free economic zone”, the parameters of which have not yet been determined.
In Ukraine, such ideas are perceived as a risk capable of allowing the Russian Federation to bypass its defenses. Despite the fortification, the pressure on the front remains: a significant part of Pokrovsk has been lost, and defensive elements are already appearing on the streets of Kostiantynivka.
If it falls, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk will be under threat. At the same time, the nearest enemy positions are located only 17 km from Kramatorsk, which is increasingly subject to drone and missile attacks.
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