ISW analysts spoke about the success of the Defense Forces in two directions of the front
Date: 2023-09-01 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR
On August 31, Ukrainian troops continued counter-offensive operations near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region and in the west of the Zaporozhye region and, according to a report from the American Institute for the Study of War, advanced on both sectors of the front.
In particular, the General Staff of Ukraine and Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar reported that Ukrainian troops continued offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Melitopol (western Zaporozhye region) directions and achieved unspecified success in the Novodanilovka-Novoprokopovka direction (5-13 km south of Orekhov) in the west of the Zaporozhye region. Maliar also stated that Ukrainian forces had made indefinite progress in the Bakhmut direction.
"The head of the Main Directorate of Missile Forces and Artillery and Unmanned Systems of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Brigadier General Serhiy Baranov, said that Ukrainian troops reached parity in counter-battery capabilities with Russian troops. Baranov said that NATO-provided artillery systems with a range of 30 to 40 km allow Ukrainian forces to destroy Russian artillery systems and force Russian forces to withdraw artillery further from the front line," the ISW said.
Earlier in late July, Ukrainian officials made claims that Ukraine was successfully reducing Russian counter-battery capabilities. In addition, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on August 31 about Ukrainian domestic production of long-range missiles, likely as part of a coordinated Ukrainian campaign to strengthen Ukrainian strike capabilities deep behind Russia.
"At the same time, according to ISW, Russian troops continued offensive operations at the Kupyansk-Svatovo-Kremennaya line, near Bakhmut, on the Avdiivka-Donetsk line, and on August 31 unsuccessfully launched counterattacks near the border of the Donetsk-Zaporozhye region and in the west of the Zaporozhye region" , - reported in ISW.
