Armchair Warlord
@ArmchairW
The Ukrainian advance on Tokmak (their first significant objective on the road to Melitopol) is now going so badly that they're now attacking down a valley that runs at a ninety-degree angle to their intended axis of advance in an attempt to show some - any - progress.
This required the commitment of their strategic reserve and the concentration of what had formerly been a broad-front offensive into this one sector to accomplish, by the way.
So in the same valley the AFU have been trying to take for the last 2 months they have decided to go around Robotyne on foot but are now forced left to Verbove instead of going right to Tokmak while their vehicles are being destroyed on the roads before they can catch up. So not really a breakout victory at all then.
Even worse for the AFU around Bakhmut
Victor vicktop55
@vicktop55
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have problems, the Russians near Artemovsk are fighting better, - Deputy Commander of "Azov"
The deputy commander of the 3rd assault brigade ("Azov"), Major M. Zhorin, described the situation that his brigade was facing in the Bakhmut direction. The situation with the supply of the Russian army has improved, all infantry of the RF Armed Forces always has basic means of protection and weapons.
Russians always go into battle with the support of artillery and aviation.
Also, the RF Armed Forces have increased the number of kamikaze drones used - both Lancets and FPV, their attacks can continue throughout the daylight hours. At night, the Russians switch to artillery attacks. The video shows the destroyed NATO equipment.
Reminder that the AFU troops currently attempting to breakthrough are the troops who were reserved to exploit the breakthrough that never happened. At some point the AFU will run out of people to throw at the Russian defensive positions
