Ukraine's Air Assault Forces assess pace of Russian army's advance
Photo: Ukraine's Air Assault Forces assess the pace of the Russian army's advance (Getty Images)
The pace of Russian forces' advance on the front line has slowed significantly compared with earlier periods of the war. Despite continuing offensive operations, the enemy has not achieved rapid operational gains that would allow it to quickly advance further, states Commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces Oleh Apostol during a meeting with journalists.
In response to a question about the gradual seizure of Ukrainian territories by Russian forces, the commander stressed that the current situation should not be compared with periods of intense offensives.
"It has slowed down significantly," Apostol said, referring to the Russian offensive.
In his opinion, one of the reasons for the slowdown is the enemy's heavy losses, which affect the ability of Russian units to maintain the intensity of combat operations.
The commander also noted that capturing individual small positions over an extended period does not necessarily mean achieving operational success.
"If it takes them a month to capture one tree line, that is not some kind of operational success that they can build on," Apostol explained.
At the same time, the commander acknowledged that the Russian army continues to use its advantage in manpower to sustain offensive operations.
Meanwhile, Yehor Nozdriakov, commander of the 82nd Bukovyna Air Assault Brigade, stressed that there was no enemy infiltration in the section of the front for which his brigade was responsible.
Situation on the front line
We previously reported that Russian forces had tripled the number of assaults in the Huliaipole direction and had begun moving individually due to heavy fire from Ukraine's Defense Forces.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces had made gains in the Sumy and Donetsk directions. Ukrainian defenders had also managed to thwart a number of Russian army offensive operations.
