06 Jul: Tunnels of Terror: Russians BYPASS Defenses and ATTACK! | War in Ukraine Explained

06 Jul: Tunnels of Terror: Russians BYPASS Defenses and ATTACK! | War in Ukraine Explained

today the most important updates come from the tetk direction here Russians have taken advantage of ached Ukrainian Brigade rotation and took control of a Ukrainian stronghold by sneaking through abandoned pipes this direction has been relatively static since the start of the Russian invasion deeply layered Ukrainian fortifications here stemming from the war in the dbas proved insurmountable for Russian forces as they were not able to break through in the initial stages of the conflict as such this direction did not see any large Russian offensives and was categorized as a calmer portion of the front because of this a Ukrainian Commander decided to rotate the battle worn Ukrainian 41st mechanized Brigade from the chif yard direction to here and send the fresher 24th motorized Brigade to reinforce the figh into the north lower level Ukrainian commanders warned of the dangers of such a simultaneous rotation stating it would undoubtedly lead to positional losses still certain Ukrainian commander who was later replaced by zalinski due to his failures went ahead with the plan anyway either by good reconnaissance or lied Intel Russians got onto the Ukrainian rotation before the newly arrived Ukrainian soldiers were able to familiarized themselves with their new location and set up an organized defense Russians Unleashed a massive artillery barrage in preparation for their coming assault Russians launched attacks from two vectors on the settlement of PIV nishna from the north and South to catch ukrainians by surprise with a sudden pincer maneuver in the northern axis of attack Russians used an abandoned pipe that ran from myor to the water pump station which ukrainians had transformed into a stronghold Russians used this pipe to move Elite Stormtroopers directly into the Fortified position surprising Ukrainian Defenders and leading to the Russian capture of this position for their next step Russians needed to act quickly they used their forces here to exert fire control over the tree line and Railway running into the settlement clearing the way for Russian assault groups to enter the first houses of pish ukrainians still suffering from the surprise were forced to pull back to prepare at fortified positions inside the town which they used to effectively hold the Russian Advance Russians realized that to capitalize on their recent gains they had to secure their flanks to Detro ukrainians from counterattacking in their rear as well as opening up more directions of attack on PIV Nish Russians started launching numerous attacks on the dcha settlement of shumi shumi is made up of well spaced out houses that had been reduced to ruins due to the decade of fighting in the area making it relatively hard to defend Ukrainian Defenders still put up stiff resistance here delaying the Russian Advance enough to allow other units to organize the defense in the town on their sudden exis of attack Russian progress was severely falling behind and despite having the element of surprise Russian forces were not able to force a breakthrough they were held up by Ukrainian defenses on the M waste heaps fortified positions in the houses and the overall difficult terrain to advance in after heavy fighting Russians were able to take control of the teron but continued to struggle in their Advance through the suburbs in the South Russians used their elevated position on the teron however to designate with lasers Ukrainian fortified positions they could not take with their INF outright and bomb them with C laser guided Munitions with this tactic Russians were able to slowly Advance as ukrainians set up a defense in the highrise District in pish besides the regular defensive advantages and Fire Control ukrainians can exert over the surrounding area the frontal buildings Shield the buildings behind them from Russian laser designations forcing Russians back to blindly bomb in the area geolocated footage shows how Russians intensely bombed the area with artillery and Fab Glide bombs this footage also simultaneously disproves Russian claims of having entered the district as Glide bombs are too inaccurate and would have a high chance of landing on friendly soldiers if you want to get access to the original uncensored combat footage you can find it on our telegram Channel by using the link in the description with the Russian front line now leveled out Russians started launching full frontal assaults on the town of pich despite Russians entering some buildings ukrainians successfully defended against all of these Russian attacks ukrainians also shared footage of them destroying any buildings that Russians managed to enter with anti-tank mines dropped from heavy vampire octocopter drones The Institute for the study of War stated that after the initial surprise War off all Russian gains came slowly over nearly three weeks of intense fighting Russians have also not performed any large mechanized assaults in this direction using purely infantry fpv drones artillery and air strikes to accomplish their goals furthermore Russians have not yet committed large reserves in this direction severely limiting the time Russians can sustain their assault for overall despite the initial surprise assault being well executed the lack of overwhelming assaults and reserves committed by Russian forces means this Russian operation was largely opportunistic after the initial shock War off russan were not able to overrun Ukrainian defenses due to stiff Ukrainian resistance in the outer settlements as ukrainians were able to withdraw back to their fortifications in PIV nich even Russian analysts were careful in their optimism stating that it would be an exaggeration to call this a breakthrough as ukrainians are now lying in weight comfortably in their strongholds if you’re against the invasion of Ukraine and you want to support the work that I am doing consider making a purchase in the online store or UA supporter here you can find a lot 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Today, the most important updates come from the Toretsk direction.

Here, Russians have taken advantage of a botched Ukrainian brigade rotation and took control of a Ukrainian stronghold by sneaking through abandoned pipes.

This direction has been relatively static since the start of the Russian invasion. Deeply layered Ukrainian fortifications here, stemming from the war in the Donbas, proved insurmountable for Russian forces, as they were not able to break through in the initial stages of the conflict. As such, this direction did not see any large Russian offensives and was categorized as a calmer portion of the front.

Because of this, a Ukrainian commander decided to rotate the battle-worn Ukrainian 41st mechanized brigade from the Chasiv-Yar direction to here and send the fresher 24th motorized brigade to reinforce the fighting to the north. Lower-level Ukrainian commanders warned of the dangers of such a simultaneous rotation, stating it would undoubtedly lead to positional losses. Still, a certain Ukrainian commander, who was later replaced by Zelensky due to his failures, went ahead with the plan anyway.

Either by good reconnaissance or leaked intel, Russians caught on to the Ukrainian rotation. Before the newly arrived Ukrainian soldiers were able to familiarize themselves with their new location and set up an organized defense, Russians unleashed a massive artillery barrage in preparation for their coming assault. Russians launched attacks from two vectors on the settlement of Pivnichne from the north and south to catch Ukrainians by surprise with a sudden pincer maneuver.

In the northern axis of attack, Russians used an abandoned pipe that ran from Mayorsk to the water pump station, which Ukrainians had transformed into a stronghold. Russians used this pipe to move elite stormtroopers directly into the fortified position, surprising Ukrainian defenders and leading to the Russian capture of this position. For their next step, Russians needed to act quickly; they used their forces here to exert fire control over the tree line and railway running into the settlement, clearing the way for Russian assault groups to enter the first houses of Pivnichne. Ukrainians, still suffering from the surprise, were forced to pull back to prepared fortified positions inside the town, which they used to effectively halt the Russian advance.

Russians realized that to capitalize on their recent gains, they had to secure their flanks to deter Ukrainians from counterattacking in their rear, as well as opening up more directions of attack on Pivnichne. Russians started launching numerous attacks on the Dacha settlement of Shumy. Shumy is made up of well-spaced-out houses that had been reduced to ruins due to the decade of fighting in the area, making it relatively hard to defend. Ukrainian defenders still put up stiff resistance here, delaying the Russian advance enough to allow other units to organize the defense in the town.

On their southern axis of attack, Russian progress was severely falling behind, and despite having the element of surprise, Russian forces were not able to force a breakthrough. They were held up by Ukrainian defenses on the mine waste heaps, fortified positions in the houses, and the overall difficult terrain to advance in.

After heavy fighting, Russians were able to take control of the Terrikon but continued to struggle in their advance through the suburbs in the south. Russians used their elevated position on the Terrikon, however, to designate with lasers Ukrainian fortified positions they could not take with their infantry outright and bombed them with KAB laser-guided munitions. With this tactic, Russians were able to slowly advance, as Ukrainians set up a defense in the high-rise district in Pivnichne.

Besides the regular defensive advantages and fire control Ukrainians can exert over the surrounding area, the frontal buildings shield the buildings behind them from Russian laser designations, forcing Russians back to blindly bombing the area. Geolocated footage shows how Russians intensely bombed the area with artillery and FAB glide bombs. This footage also simultaneously disproves Russian claims of having entered the district, as glide bombs are too inaccurate and would have a high chance of landing on friendly soldiers. If you want to get access to the original uncensored combat footage, you can find it on…