Reportedly they would garrison villages, and not patrol between them. Their positions were strung out and not mutually supporting. Much like with Operation Compass back in WWII, the more mobile force can overcome these garrisons. Unlike the Italians then, the Russians have motor transport, and thus are able to flee more easily.lpm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 1:52 pmI'm guessing there's no fortified Russian positions in any of that vast farm land. There will be camps and mobile patrols, but nothing of value to actually defend except for the acreage.
Ukraine has won movement and is doing a bit of Blitzkreiging, If Russia can't orchestrate air support or artillery then their mobile units will quickly run for it. Their moral is terrible. They won't die to hold what in their eyes is an obscure village.
I suspect Ukraine has swept all the way to the line from Mylove to Davydiv Brid. The real victory is that Russia won't have retreated in good order from Davydiv Brid and will now be trying it in a panic.
The Ukrainians once again appear to have created and used a mobile, hard hitting tank force. An armoured spearhead of the sort many were saying was obsolete. One key factor will have been keeping Russian aviation away, especially attack helicopters, which are designed to counter armoured spearheads.
The question is where can they stabilise the line? Because if the Ukrainians get much closer to Nova Kakhovka, things start to get very interesting, and getting Russian helicopter bases and logistics nodes on the southern/eastern side of the Dnipro in GMLRS range is looking pretty likely too.