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A new video captures a drone attack and shows heavy losses for Russia in the Ukraine war. Meanwhile, a new offensive could threaten.
Moscow – Lack of ammunition, heavy losses in the Ukrainian war and problems recruiting new soldiers: more than two years after the Russian invasion of the neighboring country, the situation seems more precarious than ever. While Vladimir Putin’s army is currently making progress on the front in eastern Ukraine, the question of new arms deliveries continues to arise on the defenders’ side.
According to Western experts, Russia’s advance will come at the price of high losses in the Ukraine war. New recordings show a serious blow to the aggressors. Footage released by the Ukrainian military documents a drone strike that may have killed scores of Russian fighters.
Heavy losses for Russia due to drone attack in Ukraine war: armed forces attacked several times
The regular presentation of Russian losses in the Ukrainian war has been an important tool of Ukrainian propaganda since the fighting began. Information on killed fighters or destroyed tanks from Russia cannot be independently verified, but Western analyzes often paint a consistent picture. The current case, which was documented in a post on Telegram, is now said to show several drone attacks against Russian infantry. The projectiles hit near or directly at the fighting troops.
The exact extent of the attack is not clear. How Newsweek writes with reference to the Ukrainian militaryA brief statement on the incident said the drones had “defeated two entire platoons of Russians.” However, platoon sizes can vary and in the Bundeswehr, for example, mean a troop strength of 13 to 60 soldiers. The Ukrainian statement appears to indicate that at least 21 militants were killed.
Photo shows losses in the Ukrainian war: probably an attack near Avdiivka
It is currently unclear where the recordings were taken during the Ukraine war. Newsweek suspected that the drone attack was carried out by Ukraine’s 47th mechanized brigade. This was most recently active in the eastern Donetsk region. Months of fighting over the city of Avdiivka, which Russia captured last month, saw casualties among both Kiev and Moscow forces.
Current military reports from Russia A good month after the capture of Avdiivka, Putin’s army is talking about further gains in territory. On Tuesday, March 19, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the village of Orlivka in the Donetsk region was under Russian control. The Ukrainian General Staff had previously reported that attacks had been repelled in the area of the town. However, maps from Ukrainian military observers confirmed the front shift. Meanwhile, Putin himself is struggling with other problems: Pro-Ukrainian partisans are probably planning a march on Moscow.
Offensive in the Ukraine War? Russia’s advance at Avdiivka cannot be confirmed
Contribute to the situation Avdiivka wrote the ISW (Institute for the Study of War) recently said that the reports of Russian forces in the western vicinity of the city cannot be confirmed, but there was clear momentum in the fighting. It is therefore difficult to get an exact picture of the front line in the Ukraine war. Meanwhile, the ISW report dated March 18 shows that Russia unsuccessfully attacked along the Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna line. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the attacks were successfully repelled northeast of Kupyansk near Synkivka and west of Kreminna near Terny.
It is also confirmed that Russia, despite heavy losses in the Ukraine war, continues to strive to maintain momentum in the fighting. In recent weeks, Russian forces have repeatedly pressured Ukrainian defenses in the north, near the city of Kupiansk in Kharkiv, and along the southern front lines in the Zaporizhzhia region. At the beginning of March it was announced that Russia’s monthly death toll in February had reached the highest level since Moscow’s armed forces entered Ukraine as part of their large-scale invasion in February 2022.
Russia probably before spring offensive: Putin is using momentum from the Russia election
With a view to the latest developments in the Ukraine war, Markus Reisner, Colonel in the Austrian Armed Forces, analyzed opposite n-tv, that Vladimir Putin could use the “electoral victory” in the presidential elections in Russia to “prepare a new spring offensive”. At the same time, he said that Ukrainian defenders could currently be falling behind due to a lack of arms and ammunition deliveries. Meanwhile, Putin’s defeat in the Russian election is said to have been reported at a polling station.
An actual Research the New Zurich newspaper also comes to the conclusion and predicts that the Ukrainian army has little chance of using its artillery to repel the Russian advance. Given this difficult situation and the ongoing privations in the Ukraine war, the morale of Ukrainians is now more at risk than ever. Regular news about Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war could counteract this. (fbu)