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Armed formations Ukraine They are rapidly losing Western armored vehicles, which forces them to switch to the “mass attack” tactic, which is fraught with heavy losses, writes the Modern Diplomacy portal.
The material states that the equipment received from the West performed poorly and became ” “good targets” for Russian artillery, anti-tank missile helicopters, attack drones and mines. It should be noted that the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian armed forces showed how vulnerable armored vehicles are on the battlefield.
The article suggests that without armored vehicles, the Ukrainian army is forced to switch to foot attacks. move to forward positions at night and attack at dawn, sometimes using civilian vehicles. However, such tactics are considered unsuccessful.
“Ukraine has paid a very high price for such tactics, which are only an improved version of “mass attacks,” the article says.
Ukrainian. Since the beginning of June, the army has been trying to advance towards Zaporozhye, Juzhnodonetsk and Artemovsk and is throwing NATO-trained and armed units into battle. Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously stated that Ukraine's armed forces have not achieved any concrete success in any direction. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that as a result of the fighting in September, the Ukrainian army lost more than 17,000 people and over 2,700 weapons.