All language subtitles for 05-10-2023vhgchrxeeee

On the Tokmak direction, tough
close fighting continues at the

first position of the enemy's main defense line.

The flank counterattacks of the Russians, to
all appearances, are running out of steam....

But the enemy seeks to reduce this
wedging at any cost and in recent

days has been forced to move from
flank attacks to frontal attempts

to push the advanced Ukrainian units
from the "top" of the wedging....

But the enemy failed to create a
real threat to the AFU strike group.

Moreover, the Russian side has to "tense up"
quite noticeably to prevent further advancement

of the advanced units of the AFU already on
the first position of its main defense line.

And now it is not the Ukrainian command
that has to remove some of its forces and

means from the "top" of its wedging into the
enemy's defense and move them to the flanks

to repel the enemy's flank counterattacks.
And the enemy itself is compelled to move

some of its units to the flanking directions
at the spearhead of the Ukrainian advance...

Obviously, the Russian command hoped for
a completely different result - at least

the pushing back of the AFU advanced
units from the northern outskirts of

Novoprokopivka towards Robotyne, but
it turned out the other way around....

However, it would be wrong to assume
that the enemy will stop trying to

stop the Ukrainian offensive by its
stubborn flanking counterattacks.

As long as his flank groups retain a sufficient
level of combat capability to conduct active

assaults, he will certainly do so. Because his
command obviously believes that this is the best

way to contain the Ukrainian offensive behind
the first position of his main line of defense.

The recent unsuccessful attempt by the
enemy to counterattack north of Verbove

towards road 0803 in the direction of
Mala Tokmachka, only confirms this....

On the opposite flank, the enemy tried
many times to break through to the western

outskirts of Robotyne throughout
the past week, but without success.

So, several important things are
evident in the Tokmak direction.....

The effect that the Russian commanders managed
to achieve in this direction, in the form of

temporary slowing down of the Ukrainian offensive,
was achieved at an obviously quite expensive price

for them - the Guards Air Assault Division thrown
in for this purpose suffered tangible losses...

Their offensive capabilities during the
last week have significantly "sagged",

and the scope and level of intensity
of their counterattacks have fallen....

The fact is that the desire to "attack", caused
by the "outrageous" aggressiveness of the enemy's

airborne assault formations, under any
conditions and under any circumstances,

"wears them down" much faster than
the banal "mobilized infantry"....

But the level of combat effectiveness of
units and subdivisions of the defending in

the Ukrainian offensive strip also raises
many questions. Some of its motorized

rifle regiments find it quite difficult to
defend on their own, despite reinforcements.

Otherwise, the Russian command would not
have had to bring into the battle in its

defense zone some units of airborne
assault divisions initially moved

to the Tokmak direction for a
completely different purpose.

With a high degree of probability, additional
reserves of operational level will be moved to

the enemy's grouping of troops "Zaporizhzhya"
in the near future, but it still will not help

to stop the offensive. As I said earlier,
they are only able to slow it down a bit.