The main reason for the slow counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is the large number of Russian mines.
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However, despite the dense replacement of the occupied territories, Ukrainian troops are moving forward. Every day the Defense Forces push the enemy back by 200-300 m. However, offensive actions are accompanied by heavy losses. The head of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, announced this on September 16 at the annual conference of the Alliance Military Committee in Oslo, Deutsche Welle reports.
Ukrainians are paying a high price for this – many dead and wounded,” he emphasized.
According to the admiral, in some directions of the front, kilometer-long fields are heavily mined. And just on one square meter of area there are five or six explosive devices.
Let us recall that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States of America, General Mark Milley, stated on September 10 that the Ukrainian Armed Forces still have about one and a half months to actively conduct combat operations before the onset of unfavorable weather conditions – cold temperatures and rains. The general also admitted that Ukraine’s counteroffensive is not progressing as quickly because minefields are in the way.
Source: Deutsche Welle
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