Russian troops are experiencing serious difficulties with supplies in those areas where they are conducting offensive operations. In the event of an offensive in other areas, these difficulties will be further exacerbated, according to the command of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Currently, the Russian army is conducting active offensive operations on more than 1,000 km of the front line mainly only in the eastern part of Ukraine, concentrating efforts on attempts to capture Bakhmut and other settlements in the territory of the Donetsk region controlled by Kiev. In other areas, the Russian troops as a whole are on the defensive, resorting to the tactics of shelling and “artillery duels.”
Regarding Zaporozhye: why does the enemy keep a group of troops there and not attack? If the enemy stretches offensive operations along the entire front line, then he simply won’t have enough logistics, Alexei Dmitrashkovsky, a spokesman for the joint press center of the Tauride Defense Forces, said on Tuesday, April 4.
He believes that the enemy already lacks logistics in the main directions where he attacks – these are four directions.
If we add the Zaporozhye direction, then the enemy will not be able to supply either ammunition or fuel at all,” said a representative of the Defense Forces in the Taurida direction.
According to the military, the problem with this is already palpable:
In Mariupol, after numerous hits on ammunition depots, fuel and lubricants, the enemy began to take equipment out of the city and move ammunition.
According to the representative of the command, this will complicate the logistical supply of ammunition, fuel and lubricants and the repair of equipment.
The Russian service of the BBC reports that, according to the Ukrainian military, confirmed by independent experts, now in the Zaporozhye region and in the area of the Crimean Isthmus, Russian troops are intensively engaged in mining the territory and equipping fortified areas, apparently in preparation for the expected Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Source: Racurs
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