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According to the report, Russia launched the first mechanized assault in a long time in the Konstantinovska direction. According to military expert Alexander Kovalenko, about 15 armored vehicles and up to 10 light tanks took part in the attack, The result was catastrophic: all the equipment was destroyed by the Ukrainian defense, including means from FPV drones to long-unused Javelin ATGMs. "The technology has been annihilated. But the very fact of this attempt is already a signal," Kovalenko writes. According to the expert, Russian forces are significantly behind their offensive schedules. Settlements that were supposed to be captured in the spring, like Komar, Malinovka, Mirolyubovka, Romanovka, and others, are only now becoming targets for the summer phase of the offensive. This means that all strategic preparations have failed, and the current offensive has begun in positions that were supposed to be bridgeheads several months ago. The chaos in the command and control of the troops deserves special attention.
The report also stated that Kovalenko points out the paradoxical situation: the 8th Army, which was sent to support the 51st OVA, is now itself asking for reinforcements from the same 51st Army, which, in turn, has been unsuccessfully storming the Toretsk agglomeration for a year. This interchangeable "split" indicates an over expenditure of resources, exhaustion of brigades, and a failure of logistics at the front. Against an acute shortage of armored vehicles and the need to save every armored vehicle, the Russian command is taking extreme measures: it is introducing into battle the remnants of Soviet reserves that were removed from storage long ago.
The report added that this evidence is not only of the technical degradation of the army but also of the fact that the offensive resources are practically exhausted. The mechanized assault, which ended with the destruction of the equipment, became a symbol of the failure of the Russian Federation's summer offensive campaign. The army is losing momentum, transferring units without logic, and strategic goals are being postponed from spring to summer, and then to nowhere. Russia is losing the operational initiative, is forced to take risky steps, and is using up its last combat-ready reserve.
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The report also stated that Kovalenko points out the paradoxical situation: the 8th Army, which was sent to support the 51st OVA, is now itself asking for reinforcements from the same 51st Army, which, in turn, has been unsuccessfully storming the Toretsk agglomeration for a year. This interchangeable "split" indicates an over expenditure of resources, exhaustion of brigades, and a failure of logistics at the front. Against an acute shortage of armored vehicles and the need to save every armored vehicle, the Russian command is taking extreme measures: it is introducing into battle the remnants of Soviet reserves that were removed from storage long ago.
The report added that this evidence is not only of the technical degradation of the army but also of the fact that the offensive resources are practically exhausted. The mechanized assault, which ended with the destruction of the equipment, became a symbol of the failure of the Russian Federation's summer offensive campaign. The army is losing momentum, transferring units without logic, and strategic goals are being postponed from spring to summer, and then to nowhere. Russia is losing the operational initiative, is forced to take risky steps, and is using up its last combat-ready reserve.
Watch the report on the YouTube link .