Russia applied the `thousand cuts` strategy of suddenly attacking Ukraine with all its force 0
(Dan Tri) – About 100,000 Russian troops launched a full-scale attack across the battlefield, pushing Ukraine deeper into a defensive position.
Ukrainian soldiers train for combat (Illustration: General Staff of the Ukrainian Army).
Russia launched a surprise attack with the `thousand cuts` strategy
Just as the Ukrainian army was struggling to support itself on the Donbass and Zaporizhia fronts, the Russian army suddenly attacked the flanks and rear of Kiev forces.
According to Western and Russian news agencies, early on the morning of May 10, Russia’s elite Northern Army Group with about 50,000 troops, more than 400 tanks and 930 armored vehicles suddenly launched an attack on Kharkov, the city
At the same time, elite paratroopers, mechanized infantry brigades, Cossack regiments, Chechen special forces and marines also launched attacks on Ukraine’s front-line positions from both Zaporizhia and Zaporizhia directions.
After more than two years, sometimes on defense, sometimes on offense, but at the present time, the Russian Army has taken the initiative on the battlefield and organized coordination between fronts in a smooth and coordinated manner.
In these attacks, Russia often uses tactical artillery fire to open the way, and at the same time widely uses guided glide bombs improved from FAB conventional bombs, thereby effectively improving attack effectiveness and efficiency.
According to the Russian army’s battlefield information, in the first 4 days of the offensive campaign in Kharkov alone, they consumed more than 100 FAB-500 guided glide bombs per day and carried out precision attacks on
From a tactical perspective, the Russian army had previously launched a sustained attack on enemy lines in the Donbass region.
Moscow’s opening of a new battlefield forced Kiev to stretch its forces to defend, but due to limited capabilities, they `patched one area but suffered a breach in another`.
The purpose of the above tactic is to discover Ukraine’s strong and weak points, then dig deep into the weak points and conduct all-out attacks to tear down the defense line and defeat the enemy quickly, without
Judging by the current pace of development of the Russian army, the offensive in the Kharkov direction has made the greatest progress and it was completely unexpected by the Ukrainian forces.
In Kharkov, Ukraine only arranged a few second-rate, even third-rate combat units.
Faced with the dangerous situation in Kharkov, Kiev was forced to withdraw elite units from several other battlefields for emergency reinforcement.
Russia’s T-90M Proryv main battle tank (Photo: TASS).
Ukrainian intelligence and NATO surprised by Russia’s attack?
Russia’s attack on Kharkov was said to be completely unexpected by the Ukrainian Army, and the incident itself was also beyond the expectations of most military observers, because Ukraine had previously received support.
Although the amount of weapons and ammunition that NATO currently provides to Ukraine is insufficient, this military alliance still mobilizes a large number of military (and civilian) reconnaissance satellites, specializing in monitoring
When Moscow forces suddenly launched an attack on Kharkov, NATO’s reconnaissance satellite system made no movement.
We must know how high Russia’s strength is in this offensive campaign, they have mobilized 50,000 combat troops, if including logistical support and combat assurance units, the total number of troops is
In front of such a large group of troops, NATO and US reconnaissance satellites could not detect anything.
In fact, immediately after launching the `special military operation` in 2022, the Russian army took control of part of the province’s territory and surrounded the city of Kharkov.
At that time, the commander of Ukraine’s eastern army, General Syrsky – currently the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian armed forces – discovered that the Russian army in Kharkov was very small in number, so he launched an offensive.
However, after regaining the territories from Moscow, Kiev did not seriously strengthen its defense line, but left the battlefield empty, so when the enemy suddenly attacked again, they were completely helpless.
With the reinforcement of Kharkov, the Ukrainian commander hopes to hold off the enemy.
