All language subtitles for 12-08-2023xrtdsty

While Russian propaganda regularly reports
that another assault has been successfully

repulsed and a Leopard 2 and M2 Bradley destroyed
in the Robotyne area, the situation between

Robotyne and Verbove itself continues to develop
in this location.

It was at this location that the Ukrainian
defense forces drove a wedge between the two

enemy stronghold villages and, in fact, reached
the second line of defense of the Russian

side.

At the same time, contrary to all the hopes
of the occupants' command, the main efforts

were concentrated not on storming the strongholds,
but on enveloping and restraining them with

consequences.

At the same time, the enemy in this area since
mid-July began to feel an acute lack of resources.

On the dangerous section of the front, the
58th General Army is fighting this wedge with

BARS battalions and motorized rifle regiments,
and also used the reserve 56th Guards Air

Assault Regiment.

It is worth noting that the Russian command
clearly has no sense of confidence in the

new positions and they are already engaged
in pulling back the resource to Novoprokopivka,

trying to create some kind of defense line,
but it has not been straight for a long time

either.

The wedge continues to go deeper into the
enemy's defenses almost daily.

This forced the occupiers to even move their
artillery towards the rear of the main defensive

line, away from the emerging line of the battle
clash, and to send their live forces into

counterattacks, in which they are not just
worn down, but literally lose combat capability

of units, the restoration of which is problematic.

Obviously, under such a development of events,
Russian troops will be forced to pull additional

units into the Zaporizhzhya region and they
are already beginning to do so.

The result of such movements can become and
is already becoming weakening of the left-bank

Kherson region, which was not distinguished
by the level of combat effectiveness even

before.

From all of the above, we can confidently
say that the wedge driven between Robotyne

and Verbove is working, because it does not
just cover a separate area, with a certain

perspective, but goes beyond it, affecting
several bridgeheads at the same time.

I also noted earlier that in eastern Ukraine
Russia has one of the best groupings in the

entire war zone, namely in the occupied Luhansk
region, but there is a nuance that needs clarification.

The group of enemy troops in the temporarily
occupied Luhansk region is indeed one of the

best in terms of personnel, equipment and
supplies.

But only because all other enemy groups in
the combat zone are worse than it.

It is the best not because it is the best
overall, but because the others are doing

much worse.

In general, the Luhansk branch of the Russian
forces, before the offensive of the Ukrainian

defense forces, had a defensive potential,
but in no way an offensive potential.

That is, this entire grouping could hold the
defense quite well and for quite a long time,

but not offensive.

In turn, they were thrown precisely into the
offensive.

But failure to fulfill their tasks does not
exclude terror, mass and large-scale, with

total destruction of villages and settlements.

They will raze everything they can reach,
which is why the evacuation of civilians is

necessary.

And now, a few conclusions that we must draw.

One, what's the result of this offensive over
the past month and a half?

Second - when you throw troops that are more
like for defense into an offensive that does

not bring results, how will it end in the
long run, for the ability of this group of

troops to conduct defensive actions?

The conclusions are self-evident.

The Russian command has thrown its lemmings
into a meat grinder, which may end very predictably

for the entire bridgehead, and we understand
in whose favor.