“The Russians are however attacking on the Kreminna-Svatove axis.” “In the east, Ukraine has the initiative now in the battle of Bakhmut,” former Australian general Mick Ryan tweeted. It still is early in Ukraine’s counteroffensive, as well as in Russia’s countercounteroffensive. It’s not clear exactly where along the 40-mile Kreminna front the M-55Ss are-and whether they held the line even as the first of their number fell prey to Russian gunners. Ukrainian territorials from the 100th Brigade, supported by a tank-possibly a T-72 from the adjacent 67th Mechanized Brigade-apparently repelled a Russian assault in the forest west of Kreminna last week. An attacking force must cross minefields abutted by trenches and bunkers. Both armies have dug in along the sectors where they expect to be on the defensive. But then, neither have the Ukrainians along the main axes of their own offensive. The Russians haven’t gained a lot of ground. That changed in July, as the Russians took advantage of the Ukrainians’ dual focus on the south and the area around Bakhmut-and attacked in the northeast. At the time, northeastern Ukraine was relatively quiet. That may have made sense eight weeks ago, on the eve of Ukraine’s long-anticipated southern counteroffensive. It seems the 47th Brigade, which is subordinate to Ukraine’s southern command, chopped its old tanks to the eastern command.
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