The Russians built a 30-kilometer defense line using more than two thousand railway cars.
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This was reported by the DeepState analytical community in its TG channel.
The continuous structure stretches along the line from the railway station in occupied Olenivka to Volnovakha and has about 2,100 carriages of various types.
Construction of this massive defense line is reported to have begun in July 2023. For its construction, apparently, rolling stock was used that was stolen from the temporarily occupied territories.
Such a defensive structure, which is actually a solid wall, is a very serious obstacle to the troops.
Considering that some sections of the railway track are built with a high road bed (an embankment that distributes the load on the ground), such a line of defense is a full-fledged defensive rampart.
Overcoming it is possible only after carrying out large-scale engineering work: uncoupling the cars, removing them from the tracks or moving them to another place. However, this engineering work will be accompanied by counteraction to Russian weapons.
At the same time as problems for Ukrainian troops, such a line of defense creates problems for Russian ones: logistics for forward positions can be complicated by the obstacle, in addition, such a barrier creates an obstacle to maneuver.
This is a very specific engineering structure, the effectiveness of which is difficult to assess. The idea is clear – an obstacle to the advancement of the Defense Forces. It can be considered as a separate line of defense, because it is extremely difficult to damage, move or explode a 30-kilometer mass of metal, and the movement of equipment due to such an obstacle is impossible without breaking through the corridor, writes the DeepState team.
This is not the first time the Russians have built huge engineering barriers as part of a full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. In April 2023, it became known that the Russians had built a continuous 70-kilometer anti-tank ditch in Zaporozhye, stretching from the village of Semenovka to the village of Marinovka.
Source: Racurs
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