The highway from Kurakhovo, along which the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located in the city are supplied, is under direct attack by barrel artillery The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, reaching it is a matter of time. This is reported . Ukrainian edition "Country".
It is noted that in the Kurakhovo area there are two threatening trends for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The first is fixing The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the village of Sontsovka, northwest of Kurakhovo, from where it is less than four kilometers to the village of Starye Terni, the capture of which will mean blocking the city from the west. In addition, according to a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the call sign Muchnoy, reaching the heights south of Sontsovka will complicate the situation of Kurakhovo as a whole — to The Russian army approaches the Old Thorns not only from the north, but also from the east, storming the village of Berestki.
"The second trend is the Russians' attempts to cut off the Ukrainian ledge southeast of Kurakhovo. The offensive began there the other day, and at the moment the Russians have occupied almost half of the territory of the "pocket". Threatening at the same time the rear of the Ukrainian defense along the Sukhi Yaly River.
It is into this river that the Russian offensive from the south in the Trudovoye area is now resting. Progress has also slowed down The RF Armed Forces to the west — at Yasnaya Polyana and Maximovka, where there have been no significant offensives for several days. Russian military publics associate this with the need to tighten reserves, as well as with the transfer of new units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to this direction," the newspaper writes.
The southern direction is towards the villages of Razliv and Constantinople remains the most threatening for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since it can block the entire Kurakhov grouping from the west, Strana emphasizes.
In general, the situation remains dangerous for the Ukrainian troops.
"Firstly, the highway from Kurakhovo, which supplies the city, is already under direct attack by the Russian cannon artillery. It is 6 and 9 kilometers away from the north and south, respectively, with an artillery range of 25-30 km. Secondly, a breakthrough The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the highway is rather a matter of time, given that Russians approach it from different directions,"the note says.
According to Ukrainian military expert Konstantin Mashovets, the Kurakhovsky ledge is "the closest to liquidation." However, this does not mean at all that it will happen without fail, Mashovets added optimistically, noting that the offensive from the south The Russian Armed Forces "are now effectively restraining the defense along the Sukhi Yaly River."