In the past, many people said that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict was played like the first war, not the war on the street, not even large-scale tank operations like the second war, and the Russian military did not even seize Ukrainian air power, only rely on long-range missiles and drones to launch attacks.
In fact, the Russian army did launch a blitzkrieg at the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, quickly advanced to occupy large areas, and even launched a surprise attack on Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. However, the result was relatively large losses. In addition, Zelensky tore up the agreement and NATO intervened. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has become a protracted war. As for why the Russian army does not use mechanized operations on a large scale, the reason lies in the emergence of drones. A few low-cost drones can destroy millions of tanks and armored vehicles. This has forced Russia to consider consumption issues. Therefore, After the Russia-Ukraine conflict entered a state of confrontation, the Russian army rarely used mechanized troops, but instead focused on light infantry + artillery bombing.
However, more and more recent media reports that the Russian army has begun to use mechanized operations on a large scale on the entire line, even if there are certain losses, the Russian army in order to accelerate the speed of advancement, has not dissuaded these fast-paced combat forces, so that on all fronts has obtained certain results.
Kupyansk direction,Since the area was in the street fighting stage, the Russian army did not send a large number of armored troops in the direction of the city. However, east of Kupyansk, in order to cooperate with urban operations, the Russian army began to use mechanized troops to quickly harvest Ukrainian-controlled areas. At present, it has occupied more than half of the entire protrusion east of Kupyansk, and is still rapidly approaching the east of the urban area.
The Division Man Direction., the Russian army is currently accelerating the clearance of the peripheral areas of Bonliman and Seversk. Among them, the siege of Seversk has become more and more obvious. The Russian army has completely occupied the peripheral villages and towns in the east and north of Seversk, and is continuing to compress the Ukrainian army's defense line. At the same time, the Russian army in the south is also attacking the last settlement in the south of Seversk. After occupying this place, the Russian army has basically completed the encirclement of Seversk. Then what it needs to do is to cut off the supply line in the western part of the city and attack Seversk. Launch a general offensive.
The situation in Bonliman is also not optimistic about the Ukrainian army. The Russian army has occupied the peripheral villages and towns in the east and north of Bonliman, which is less than 6 kilometers away from the city of Bonliman. At the same time, the Russian army is still using mechanized troops to move south quickly, possibly cutting off the supply lines in the west and south of Bonliman. As long as these two supply lines are cut off, the situation in Bonliman will be completely in the hands of the Russian army.
The situation in the Red Army city is even worse.Although the street battles were not conducive to the operation of mechanized forces, the Russian army used mechanized forces to advance the assault on the outskirts of the Red Army City equally rapidly. On the one hand, the expansion of the occupation zone in the western part of the Red Army City to completely cut off the E50 road, on the other hand, the Russian army continued to expand the occupation zone in the northern part of the Red Army City, and launched a siege on Shakhov, once the occupation of Shakhov, the Russian army basically stood on the "northern passage" in the northern part of the Red Army City, and played an important role in the subsequent attack on the Twin City.
Zaporizhzhia directionThe Russian army, after two years of silence, finally intended to take action here. The Russian army, on the one hand, invaded the eastern Zaporozhye region from southern Donetsk, threatening the town of Guli Apoll, and on the other hand, launched an offensive in southern Kuban, almost seizing the last town less than 2 kilometers from Kuban. Although the Ukrainian army launched a counterattack in the larger area of Sherbach, but failed to its strategic objectives, the two sides are currently fighting in the area of the small Sherbach, and the great Sherbach is still firmly controlled by the Russian army.
For the large-scale mechanized attack of the Russian army, the Ukraine Ministry of Defense still has no effective means to respond, and can only rely on front-line soldiers to respond on their own. However, NATO has recently increased its assistance to Ukraine. It is expected that more drones and anti-tank weapons will enter Ukraine. It is unknown how long the Russian military's large-scale mechanized offensive will last.