Forces have penetrated Russian defences at a key pocket in the southern front lines, in a tentative sign Kyiv’s grinding counteroffensive may be gathering pace.
| Ukraine’s military said on Monday that its forces had retaken the small village of Robotyne, a sign that the troops waging Kyiv’s counteroffensive are pushing through Russia’s initial defences on the southern front line.
One goal of the counteroffensive Kyiv launched in June is to reach the Sea of Azov and drive a wedge through Russian-occupied territory in southern Ukraine. Ukraine’s military has said its forces are pushing along two lines of attack, driving toward the cities of Melitopol and Berdiansk. Driving Russian forces out of Robotyne could give Ukrainian troops an opening for a larger breakthrough on the southern front line, although it is unclear how far they will be able to go.
But satellite images show that to reach Tokmak, Ukrainian forces will have to breach two more Russian defensive lines made up of trenches, dense minefields, earthen berms and anti-tank barriers. Such defences are designed to slow Ukrainian advances and force them into bloody combat.
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