How Ukraine is storming Russian frontline with ‘Tsunami’ squads & British tanks smashing through Putin’s best troops
FIERCE Ukrainian troops, British tanks and “Tsunami” squads storm the Russian front line as their counter-offensive gathers momentum.
Ukrainian generals claim they’ve breached Putin’s first line of defense in the south – and now expect quick successes when attacking the weaker “second line of defense.”
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s forces last week raised the country’s blue and yellow flag over the village of Robotyne – some 35 miles from the town of Zaporizhia.
Ukraine appears to be turning the tide against Putin’s invaders as troops retake territory after 18 months of raging war.
To the south, Ukraine’s forces have advanced near the towns of Novodanylivka and Novoprokopivka – and have also captured a square mile near Bakhmut.
Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Malyar said: “The enemy is on the defensive in the Zaporizhia and Kherson sectors.”
The panicked Putin responded to Ukraine’s advances by dispatching elite troops from other parts of his frontline to bolster Russia’s difficult defenses in the region.
The Institute for the Study of War said the operation “shows increasing Russian concern about the stability of Russia’s defenses.”
Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskiy, one of Ukraine’s top southern generals, told The Guardian: “We are now between the first and second lines of defence.”
He added: “In the center of the offensive, we are now completing the destruction of enemy units covering the retreat of Russian troops behind their second line of defense.”
Tarnavskiy said Putin’s forces “just stood there and waited for the Ukrainian army.”
“The enemy is withdrawing reserves, not only from Ukraine but also from Russia,” he said.
“But sooner or later the Russians will run out of the best soldiers.
“That will give us the impetus to attack harder and faster. Everything is ahead of us.”
The progress comes after weeks of demining operations by the Ukrainian side.
According to the general, Putin’s army lost its advantage after the minefield was breached.
White House spokesman John Kirby admitted that Ukraine had “made some gains against that second line.”
Under Tarnavskiy’s supervision, Ukrainian troops liberated the southern city of Kherson last year.
He said that when Kiev launched its counter-offensive in June, it “spent more time than expected demining areas.”
“Unfortunately, evacuating the wounded was difficult for us. And that also made our advance more difficult,” he said.
“Now we need to focus on specific areas and get the job done. No matter how difficult it is for all of us.”
Elsewhere, Ukraine launched a series of bold new attacks to blow up Putin’s valuable £3 billion bridge to annexed Crimea.
Moscow claimed three semi-submersible kamikaze naval drones were intercepted and destroyed en route to Vlad’s favorite bridge.
And a major Russian missile factory went up in flames after Ukraine launched another brutal kamikaze drone attack.
Asked if Ukraine is finally at a turning point in the war, Yuriy Sak, an adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister, told the BBC: “Yes, that’s right.”
“I think we’re gradually gaining momentum.”
Kiev launched a massive counter-offensive against Moscow forces in June after stockpiling Western weapons and deploying assault battalions.
Although the Ukrainian troops found it difficult to advance against the heavily fortified Russian positions, their fortunes appear to be changing.
Some analysts have described so-called “tsunami” squads of soldiers storming Russian positions near Bakhmut.
And sophisticated missiles, drones, tanks, ammunition and defense systems are now a staple on the battlefield.
They put down Russia’s antiquated tactics, rusty weapons and untrained conscripts on land, sea and air with ease.
NATO allies have pooled their resources to give Ukraine an edge over Putin’s forces, dispatching a range of high-tech Western weapons that could prove crucial in the war.
Britain’s Storm Shadow missiles are a major headache for Putin because they can strike targets up to 350 miles away that have long been unreachable for Ukraine.
And the use of the US-supplied HIMARS missile systems has also proved of great help to Zelenskyy’s forces on the front lines.
When Ukrainian troops aren’t firing rockets into the sky, they’re rolling into battle in style – and they’re doing so under the guise of Diesel.
The sophisticated 75-ton Challenger 2 tanks outperform theirs Soviet-era Russian rust bucket equivalent the T-55 in terms of speed, armament, firepower and accuracy.
Although costing £5 million each, they were an invaluable addition to Ukraine’s war chest.
Britain sent a squadron of 14 Challenger 2s to the front ahead of Ukraine’s summer counter-offensive.
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