ISW: Ukraine advancing past final Russian defensive line in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast

https://kyivindependent.com/isw-ukraine-advancing-past-final-russian-defensive-line-in-western-zaporizhzhia-oblast/

Geolocated footage shared on Sept. 21 and analyzed by the Institute for the Study of War indicated that Ukrainian armored vehicles advanced south of the anti-tank ditches breaching the Russian tri-layered defense, and engaging in limited combat just west of Verbove on the southern Zaporizhzhia front.

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tal@kbin.social · 11 pts · 2y

final Russian defensive line

The headline kind of implies that they're in the open now.

Looking at both ISW's and deepstatemap.live's map of Russian fortifications, I think that there is one more trench from Verbove to Pshenychne.

After that, there are weaker, somewhat-discontiguous defenses that I believe were described as being for staging and command that run north of Romanivske.

khannie@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

Oh wow. That's huge news. They're really moving now.

Spiderfarmer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Great news!