Russian troops crossing Oskil River would be major threat – Deputy commander of Achilles regiment

Oles Malarevych, Deputy Commander of Ukraine's 429th Separate Drone Regiment Achilles, shared the information on Hromadske Radio.

"We are working on a wide section of the front - both to the north of Kupiansk and south of Kupiansk. If we talk about Dvorichna right now — there is the village Zapadne nearby — indeed, a small tactical operation was conducted there to improve the position of our troops.

The enemy is present there with an infantry unit, and they have redeployed their equipment. We have been working for a long time with other units to prevent them from making crossings. Their entire logistics is being destroyed every day and every night so they cannot do it. Because if their equipment is moved to the right bank, it would be a very big threat – both for Kupiansk and for Velykyi Burlak.

So, for now, our task is exactly that. But the enemy is infiltrating there with live forces, about five hundred of them are constantly there. They are dying, of course, without support from their mechanized units, but they keep sending new ones, crossing over."

The military officer noted that Russia is using armored vehicles in assaults on the left bank, but there are now significantly fewer of them than before:

"They periodically accumulate to create armored 'fists.' Several such assaults have been repelled over the past three months, and now they are assaulting with no more than two or three units of equipment, but they are being destroyed. Mostly, they are moving on light vehicles, buggies, motorcycles. This is so they can be mobile, fast, and not get killed by drones. But we also chase them with drones and destroy them," said Oles Malarevych.

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