The Russian army is lagging behind in eastern Ukraine. British military experts estimate the occupiers are preparing for Ukrainian breakthroughs along the front. For this purpose, defense systems have been built around the occupied port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine.
“Russia is strengthening its lines in all occupied territories,” said the Defense Ministry’s daily update on the war in Ukraine intelligence service in London.
Installed between Mariupol and the village of Nikolske and north of Mariupol to the village of Staryi Krym, the Russian army set up “dragon’s teeth” (as the military call hump or tooth-shaped concrete anti-tank obstacles, ed.) with those wanting a rapid advance of Ukrainian tanks. to prevent.
According to the British, this is probably intended to prevent a rapid Ukrainian advance with tanks in the event of a frontal breakthrough. As part of a land bridge to Crimea’s occupied Black Sea peninsula, Mariupol is of particular strategic importance, London sources say.
Head of mercenaries demanded construction of “Wagner Line”
As early as October 19, the owner of the long-secret mercenary group “Group Wagner”, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had demanded the construction of a fortified “Wagner Line” for defense in the Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast (administrative district, note) according to the British Ministry of Defense.
The British Ministry of Defense has published daily information on the course of the war since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. The government wants to counter the Russian portrayal and keep allies in line. Moscow accuses London of a disinformation campaign.
Source: Krone
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