Ukraine launches offensive against Russia: 200 soldiers out of action
Created: 12/16/2022, 11:45 am
By: Sebastian Richter
Ukraine is shelling the Russian-held territories, inflicting heavy casualties on Vladimir Putin's army.
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Ammunition dumps:
Ukraine attacks positions in occupied territory
Major Offensive:
The shelling could serve as a preparation for attacks
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Kyiv – Ukraine continues to attack areas in the Russian-held territories.
Above all, the Zaporizhia Oblast in the south of the country is the focus of the attacks.
After Ukrainian shelling made a bridge over the Molochna river impassable on Monday, Ukraine attacked two ammunition depots on Wednesday and destroyed them as well.
"The enemy continues to suffer casualties," the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook on Thursday, according to Newsweek.
Accordingly, the Ukrainian troops attacked the settlements of Tokmak, Polohy and Berdyansk in Zaporizhia.
“The Defense Forces destroyed two enemy ammunition depots, two artillery systems with ammunition, as well as six units with military equipment of various types.
More than 200 enemy soldiers were wounded," the statement said.
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According to the Ukrainian armed forces, there were a total of 11 airstrikes.
The target was therefore soldiers, weapons and military equipment.
Russian missile systems were also under fire.
Ukraine War: Attacks on occupied territories in preparation for offensive
The attacks could prepare a counter-offensive in the south of the country.
Ultimately, the attacks could result in the liberation of the Crimean Peninsula, which has been occupied since 2014.
The areas in Zaporizhia are "potential vulnerabilities" in the Ukraine war, Mark Cancian, a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told
Newsweek
.
According to the expert, Ukraine could launch a major offensive as early as winter.
A grenade after an explosion in a Russian ammunition dump.
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The region is ideal for such an offensive.
"There is a long, thinly manned front where not much has happened so far," Cancian said of Russian forces in Zaporizhia.
"That would be a logical place for an attack."
The leadership in Russia knows that too.
At the same time, the latest attacks could only serve as a deception to surprise Russia elsewhere.
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