Russia has erected the world’s largest fortifications in eastern Ukraine.
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This is stated in the report of British military intelligence.
Russian troops are actively preparing for a Ukrainian counteroffensive in this sector of the front. They dig in, erect shelters and anti-tank barriers. According to some reports, workers from Central Asia help them in this.
Since the summer of 2022, Russia has erected one of the largest systems of military defense structures that have not been in the world for many decades, the UK Ministry of Defense said on May 1.
Defense lines have been created not only along the current front line, but also in the depths of the occupied territories. For example, in the north of Crimea, near the village of Medvedevka. In addition, hundreds of kilometers of trenches have been dug in the Belgorod and Kursk regions of Russia.
The creation of colossal fortifications testifies to the deep concern of the Russian leadership that Ukraine can achieve success on the battlefield, sums up British intelligence.
Russia made special efforts to strengthen the northern border of the occupied Crimea. The Russians also dug hundreds of miles of trenches on their territory, for example, in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
Such protection underlines the deep concern of the Russian leadership that Ukraine could achieve a significant breakthrough, analysts say.
For example, Russian troops dug a mega-trench 72 km long on the Zaporozhye front. It was created in the fall of 2022, the work took 1.5 months. A giant trench stretched from the outskirts of the village of Semyonovka to a field near the village of Marinovka.
The Ukrainian military discovered the Tsar Trench on satellite images. Its length is about a third of the length of the entire Zaporozhye region. The representative of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Natalya Gumenyuk, admitted with irony that the trench had indeed broken the record.
There will be no other victories for them,” she said.
Source: Racurs
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