Sometimes Russia’s Motorcycle Assaults Actually Work—And Russian Regiments Advance A Short Distance

A pair of Russian field armies, each with 10,000 or more troops, spent most of last year slowly marching toward Pokrovsk from the devastated city of Avdiivka, 25 miles to the southeast, but stalled a few miles outside Pokrovsk as Ukrainian resistance stiffened—and Ukrainian drones strangled the supply lines trailing behind the advancing Russian armies. Russian drones struck some of the armored vehicles shuttling Ukrainian troops to the trench, and over the weekend, captured a segment of the trench. Advancing up to a mile in a month or so and seizing a lodgment in the Ukrainian defenses surrounding Pokrovsk, the Russians are now in a position to exploit this gain.

Author: David Axe, Forbes Staff, David Axe, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/

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