Een algemene update, minder dan een uur terug bijgewerkt over hoe de New York Times tegen de huidige schermutselingen in Oekraïne aankijkt.
War in UkraineUkraine Intensifies Attacks on Russian Frontline Positions
https://www.nytimes.com/l...icials-say?smid=url-share
Fighting is raging at several points on the front line, Russian and U.S. officials say.
Enkele stukken die mijns inziens wat toevoegen aan de informatie:
But the American officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the surge in attacks was a possible indication that Kyiv’s long-planned counteroffensive against Russian forces had begun.
The officials based their assessment in part on information from U.S. military satellites, which detected an uptick in action from Ukrainian military positions. The satellites have infrared capabilities to track artillery fire and missile launches.
In reactie op de "terugslaan" statement van de het Russische ministerie van Defensie vanmorgen brachten Russische bloggers wat "nuance" aan:
Russian bloggers affiliated with the Russian military reported that Ukraine’s forces had advanced in some areas, including by capturing the village of Novodonetske in the Donetsk region.
Those claims could not be immediately verified, and there was no immediate response from the Ukrainian authorities to the statements.
Beoogde doelstelling?
The reported Ukrainian attacks were taking place to the east of where many analysts expected the counteroffensive to start. But even starting in that eastern area would allow Ukraine to try to accomplish the same goal: heading south toward the Sea of Azov and cutting the “land bridge” that connects Russian-occupied Crimea to Russia.
Amerikaanse analysten (wie eigenlijk?) benadrukten dat wat we nu hebben gezien vooral probing attacks waren, om het Russisch front te testen:
Buttressing the reports that the counteroffensive may have started, American military analysts said they believed Ukrainian units had begun an initial thrust to determine the position and strength of Russia’s forces. Such moves would be a traditional tactic of the kind Americans have been training Ukrainian forces to undertake.
Maar toch ook grote bewegingen die kunnen duiden op de voorbereidingen van het grote offensief:
The initial reports of the fighting Sunday night and Monday morning were of movements of larger units, a potential signal that Ukraine had pushed its NATO-trained forces into the fight.
Al aftastend een eerste defensieve linie van de Russen doorbroken bij Velyka Novosilka. De Russen moesten hier terugvallen naar achterliggende posities. Later in de middag bereikten de gevechten ook het nabijgelegen Novodonetske
Early on Monday, a Russian Telegram channel that reports on the war said Ukrainian forces had breached a first line of Russian defenses near Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk — not far from Novodonetske — and reclaimed two villages as Russian forces fell back to reserve positions.
The fighting at another location was confirmed by the head of the regional occupation authority in the Zaporizhzhia region, Vladimir Rogov, in a post on Telegram. The bloggers’ reports about Novodonetske began to emerge on Monday afternoon.
Een kaartje, omdat ik altijd wat moeite heb met waar het nu allemaal precies is.
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