Ukrainian troops’ inability to breach Russian defensive lines is, to a large extent, due to minefields that are “destroying NATO-supplied armor, wounding soldiers and zapping morale,” according to the Financial Times.
Kiev’s much-lauded counteroffensive, launched last month, has stalled in the face of staunch resistance from Russian troops. Western-made tanks and infantry fighting vehicles have failed to secure the swift territorial gains that many supporters were expecting, and Kiev has since changed its approach, keeping valuable vehicles behind and trying to slowly erode Russian defenses from a distance.
While there are many factors behind the failed push, Russian minefields appear to be the most “daunting” for the Ukrainian troops, the FT reported on Thursday.
“We can push with 10 brigades but it won’t work because the mines are everywhere, every half a meter there are mines,” a Ukrainian unit commander told the British newspaper.
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