A service member of the Ukrainian armed forces observes the area bordering the rebel-controlled city of Horlivka from combat positions near the line of separation in New York town in the Donetsk region, Ukraine February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko
April 24 (Reuters) - Ukraine has repelled numerous Russian assaults along the line of contact in Donbas this week, a British military update said on Sunday.
Despite Russia making some territorial gains, Ukrainian resistance has been strong across all axes and inflicted a significant cost on Russian forces, the UK Ministry of Defence tweeted in a regular bulletin.
"Poor Russian morale and limited time to reconstitute, re-equip and reorganise forces from prior offensives are likely hindering Russian combat effectiveness," the update added.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
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mortalcoil1 on April 24th, 2022 at 14:37 UTC »
This is why WW2 style warfare doesn't work in 2022.
Yeah, you can mortar the shit out of anything, and literally fucking destroy every last inch of a city, but then you are no longer capturing a city, you are capturing a pile of rubble.
and a handful of people can have weapons powerful enough to hold off practically any number of tanks/ low flying vehicles to stop any sort of assault.
So they go back to shelling.
Dddoki on April 24th, 2022 at 13:41 UTC »
Had a feelingnthats what was happening.
Know why?
Its because russia hasnt been posting a shit ton of propaganda videos from the battles happening in that area.
If they were winning, they would be showing it off. Instead, we are getting old vids of them shooting up empty buildings in Mariupol.
molokoplus359 on April 24th, 2022 at 07:54 UTC »