{"id":129619,"date":"2024-11-24T18:21:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T11:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129619"},"modified":"2024-11-24T18:21:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T11:21:49","slug":"russian-troops-are-maneuvering-around-ukrainian-defenses-in-donetsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129619","title":{"rendered":"Russian Troops Are Maneuvering Around Ukrainian Defenses In Donetsk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-4\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">Russian losses around Velyka Novosilka.<\/p>\n<p><small class=\"color-body light-text\">Ukrainian defense ministry capture<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ukrainian forces continue to suffer the consequences of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/09\/26\/the-russians-may-finally-capture-vuhledar-it-has-cost-them-thousands-of-troops-a-thousand-vehicles-and-entire-brigades\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/09\/26\/the-russians-may-finally-capture-vuhledar-it-has-cost-them-thousands-of-troops-a-thousand-vehicles-and-entire-brigades\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/09\/26\/the-russians-may-finally-capture-vuhledar-it-has-cost-them-thousands-of-troops-a-thousand-vehicles-and-entire-brigades\/\" aria-label=\"defeat in Vuhledar\" rel=\"noopener\">defeat in Vuhledar<\/a>, a fortress town in eastern Ukraine\u2019s Donetsk Oblast. Advancing past Vuhledar, a ramshackle Russian force is in a position to flank Ukrainian troops in their fallback position in the town of Velyka Novosilka.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"top\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-top\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe news coming from the Velyka Novosilka area is very bad,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewPerpetua\/status\/1860117670202605619\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewPerpetua\/status\/1860117670202605619\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewPerpetua\/status\/1860117670202605619\" aria-label=\"warned\">warned<\/a> Andrew Perpetua, an open-source intelligence analyst. \u201cThere is no way to sugarcoat it\u2014the area has reached crisis and needs immediate intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vuhledar anchored the Ukrainian defensive line in southern Donetsk for two years, its garrison\u2014the 72nd Mechanized Brigade\u2014repulsing repeated Russian assaults. But the Ukrainian command never significantly reinforced the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, instead deploying any available forces to bold, and high-risk, operations such as Ukraine\u2019s August invasion of Russia\u2019s Kursk Oblast.<\/p>\n<p>So the Russians were able to gradually grind down the 72nd Mechanized Brigade and ultimately force its few surviving troops to retreat from Vuhledar in late September. The retreat collapsed the front line in southern Donetsk. Ukrainian forces fell back to secondary positions, effectively handing Russian forces more than a hundred square miles of Donetsk.<\/p>\n<p>With many of its best forces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/11\/16\/in-one-disastrous-assault-in-kursk-17-russian-vehicles-hit-mines\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/11\/16\/in-one-disastrous-assault-in-kursk-17-russian-vehicles-hit-mines\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/11\/16\/in-one-disastrous-assault-in-kursk-17-russian-vehicles-hit-mines\/\" aria-label=\"still tied up in Kursk\" rel=\"noopener\">still tied up in Kursk<\/a>, Ukraine is still struggling to stabilize the front line in Donetsk. This week, a Russian assault group with a bizarre mix of up-armored artillery tractors and turtle tanks\u2014possibly from the 131st Motor Rifle Regiment, 37th Motor Rifle Brigade or 40th Naval Infantry Brigade\u2014got swarmed by Ukrainian drones and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wartranslated\/status\/1860300304379498625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wartranslated\/status\/1860300304379498625\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/x.com\/wartranslated\/status\/1860300304379498625\" aria-label=\"thoroughly wrecked\">thoroughly wrecked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But other Russian assault groups managed to maneuver past and then around Velyka Novosilka, advancing on the town\u2019s eastern flank. \u201cVelyka Novosilka itself should have very good defenses,\u201d Perpetua noted, \u201cbut the defenses are meant to stop attacks from the south, not the north and east.\u201d The Ukrainian garrison\u2014including elements of the 48th Assault Battalion, the Presidential Brigade and the 17th National Guard Brigade\u2014is in danger of being partially encircled.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"topx\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-topx-1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussian forces may attempt to bypass the eastern flank of Ukrainian positions in Velyka Novosilka and intensify pressure on Velyka Novosilka from the south to force Ukrainian Defense Forces units to withdraw from the village, enabling further advancement toward the southwestern edge of Donetsk Oblast,\u201d the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies <a href=\"https:\/\/cdsdailybrief.substack.com\/p\/russias-war-on-ukraine-221124?utm_source=substack&amp;publication_id=1598923&amp;post_id=152029266&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;utm_campaign=email-share&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=7jgcu&amp;triedRedirect=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/cdsdailybrief.substack.com\/p\/russias-war-on-ukraine-221124?utm_source=substack&amp;publication_id=1598923&amp;post_id=152029266&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;utm_campaign=email-share&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=7jgcu&amp;triedRedirect=true\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/cdsdailybrief.substack.com\/p\/russias-war-on-ukraine-221124?utm_source=substack&amp;publication_id=1598923&amp;post_id=152029266&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;utm_campaign=email-share&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=7jgcu&amp;triedRedirect=true\" aria-label=\"explained\">explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLosing the town of Velyka Novosilka will not, in itself, be that much of a disaster, in the grand scheme of things,\u201d Perpetua explained. \u201cIt is just one town. It is the fact that Russia is attacking the defensive line from the flank, parallel to the defenses, which is the true disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Russian troops can get around the fortifications in Velyka Novosilka, they might be able to duplicate this maneuver in other sectors in the east. Ominously, there probably aren\u2019t many Ukrainian reserves in the area that could staunch the infiltrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strength of these defenses, and the difficulty of attacking this ground, allowed Ukraine to underman these areas to shift forces to other areas,\u201d Perpetua pointed out. \u201cThat&#8217;s over. Now you need to begin sacrificing other areas to defend here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Follow me on\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/daxe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0<span>Check out\u00a0<\/span>my\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/?sh=4e4aed31cc0c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0some of my other work\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/War-Boring-Bored-Scared-Worlds\/dp\/0451230116\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<span>Send me a secure\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/tips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tip<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/11\/23\/ramshackle-russian-assault-groups-are-maneuvering-around-undermanned-ukrainian-defenses-in-donetsk-oblast\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian losses around Velyka Novosilka. Ukrainian defense ministry capture Ukrainian forces continue to suffer the consequences of their defeat in Vuhledar, a fortress town in eastern Ukraine\u2019s Donetsk Oblast. 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