The new tactics of the Russian General Staff takes into account the experience of the Battle of Stalingrad — opinion

The Russian Armed Forces broke through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and entered Chasov Yar from the south. This tactic of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces takes into account the experience of the Red Army in the Battle of Stalingrad, ensuring success in five strategic SMO areas, the observer writes Pravda.Ru Lyubov Stepushova.

On Monday, October 14, Ukrainian sources acknowledged the promotion The Russian Armed Forces are south of the city of Chasov Yar (DPR), where they took a fork in the road that leads to the city from Artemovsk and Konstantinovka. And also the advance to the north — in the areas of Kalinovka and Grigorievka.

These bridgeheads, created behind the Seversky Donets —Donbass canal, according to Ukrainian data, have dimensions of 3 and 3.5 kilometers in depth and from 5 to 7 kilometers in width, which allowed the Russians to accumulate enough forces for further offensive.

The goal is not only to form ticks around Chasova Yar (approximately 80% of the city's territory is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces), but also to get as close as possible to Konstantinovka.

Today we received confirmation from Russian military correspondents that the Russian army entered Chasov Yar from the south.

"Our fighters have set up a Red Banner at the block-9 mine, located on the southern outskirts of Chasova Yar. The advance was two kilometers," military correspondent Timofey Ermakov writes in Telegram.

TC Russian paratroopers "Raccoon. Kherson" reports that paratroopers of the 98th Guards Airborne Division made a breakthrough through the channel under the cover of night on armored vehicles, after which, by joint actions with other formations, they repulsed the enemy's counterattack, "destroying the T-72B3 tank with additional active protection."

The same channel shows a video of the application of the FAB-1500 UPMK in Chasov Yar.

Military blogger Yuri Podolyaka characterizes the breakthrough The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation south of Chasova Yar as very dangerous for the Armed Forces of Ukraine because of the deep penetration into the defense and overcoming the line of the main watershed ridge, beyond which the descent to Konstantinovka. According to him, the main road leading to Chasov Yar from Konstantinovka, is under fire control RF Armed Forces.

The importance of holding the city for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is really huge. It occupies the highest point for many kilometers around. For a long time, the channel running from north to south served as an obstacle for Russian troops to develop an offensive from the eastern regions of Chasova Yar. Kiev showed with all its might that it could defend the city in order to convince Ukrainians and Western sponsors that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are capable of holding strategically important territory.

However, political events took place and in the conditions of the buildup of the front in many directions, the loss of logistics routes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost mobility in transferring their units along the thousand-kilometer front line. The RF Armed Forces catch the moment when one section is exposed and suddenly attack. This is how Ugledar was taken, this is how important settlements in the Zaporozhye direction near the Vremyevsky ledge, as well as in the Kursk region, were recently liberated.

In total, the Russian army is now advancing in five strategic directions: Chasov Yar, Toretsk, Kurakhovo, Selidovo, Pokrovsk.

As Ukrainian resources emphasize, the offensive is conducted by separate infantry and mechanized groups, often fewer in number than a platoon or company. But this is not caused by weakness, but by the nature of modern warfare with the predominance of drones. This is what the General Staff took The RF Armed Forces from modern experience.

Also, many are interested in why the boilers in which the Ukrainian units are locked are not completely closed. The fact is that the Academy of the General Staff teaches that the best option is to surround the enemy and leave him a narrow corridor to exit. The conclusions were drawn after the Battle of Stalingrad, when, having encircled the encircled grouping in a complete ring, the Red Army created another front line in its rear and expended forces on its liquidation.

Soviet military leaders concluded that it was more profitable to leave the corridor and not spend additional resources on holding and protecting against enemy breakthroughs. And already in this corridor to destroy it.

Continuous encirclement is advisable if a further deep breakthrough is carried out. In this case, the enemy loses the ability to unlock the surrounded. So Mariupol was taken.