Russian motorcycle assaults “a classic move” — Ukrainian UAV crew commander

He shared the information on Espreso TV. 

"The situation on the front line, where our Rubizh brigade is holding its position, remains quite tense. The enemy makes three to five assault attempts every day, almost without interruption. While they are not using much equipment at the moment, they are deploying a large number of personnel, which creates certain challenges. They are relentless, not even giving us time to rest, launching continuous attacks. At the same time, we observe that they are amassing equipment, indicating that they will soon attempt assaults supported by vehicles as well. However, it is certain they will fail. This will not be the first — or even the tenth — assault our brigade has repelled. Nevertheless, we see that they are constantly adapting: they conduct aerial reconnaissance to search for weaknesses and are slightly adjusting their tactics. Still, our brigade is prepared, and I am confident that everything will be fine," he said.

The serviceman also noted that Russian forces are trying to break through using any available means — with attempts to advance on motorcycles being a common tactic.

"Motorbikes have basically become a classic tactic at this point — and yes, they really do ride in on motorbikes. Sometimes you see five to ten bikes at once, trying to break through not directly at the line of contact, not at absolute zero, but a little farther in, aiming to dig in and create, let's say, chaos. The idea is to force our troops to fire both forward and backward, as the enemy ends up in the middle. But at the end of the day, they’re still just motorbikes. Honestly, it’s pretty funny to watch — half of those Russian soldiers fall off. Any nearby shell hit knocks them over immediately; they go rolling too. That’s their method: trying to pull off a kind of blitzkrieg, pushing as deep as possible and then digging in somewhere," he said.

The officer also noted that the Russian offensive shows no signs of stopping.

"Their offensive hasn’t really stopped, you could say. But at the same time, on the section of the front where our brigade is holding the defense, we’re seeing what I’d call a kind of stable... stability of assaults, if that makes sense. They’re continuous, but somewhat predictable. We also know they keep bringing in more and more fresh troops. The most recent prisoners captured by our brigade — specifically by soldiers from the Rubizh unit — were people who had only about a week, maybe eight days, of training. One of them had two weeks, but they’re completely untrained. And that’s two weeks from the moment they signed the contract to the moment they were captured. That’s it — two weeks of service," added Andriy Otchenash.

• On April 16, 125 combat clashes took place on the Russian-Ukrainian front. In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian forces tried to advance to the positions of Ukrainian troops 29 times.