Ukrainian army will have to solve many tasks at once during counteroffensive –  Defense Express expert Kyrychevskyi

Defense Express expert Ivan Kyrychevskyi said thi on the air of Espreso TV channel.

"If we talk about our future counteroffensive, we need to address the configuration of the operational art in which it should take place. To maximize the effect at one time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have to accomplish many difficult tasks. To begin with, the Russian occupiers have managed to set up fortifications to delay the advance of our armoured troops. As for the coordination of certain forces and means, the Ukrainian military is clearly planning to show a master class to the developed countries of the world on how to properly use armoured and engineering units on the same tracked vehicles during offensive operations. Certain engineering equipment of the terrain – destruction of anti-tank ditches, minefield clearance – will have to be carried out," he noted.

The expert added that while the US army boasted of a blitzkrieg in Iraq, where they first bombed important targets and then moved forward with armoured units, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will clearly have to do everything at the same time.

"Bombing enemy targets with guided bombs literally during the offensive, looking for unobvious gaps in the enemy's defense and sending battalions with Western tanks in, while making sure that engineering vehicles do not lag behind them to destroy obstacles. In parallel with the fact that it will be necessary to "blow up" the enemy's depots, it will be necessary to destroy the communication control system," Kyrychevskyi said.

He emphasized that the experience of the Kharkiv counteroffensive showed that when the Russians' communication system breaks down, they become helpless and easier to defeat.

"The Ukrainian Armed Forces may be doing many things for the first time in this operation. Developed countries have not done anything like this since World War II. The operation promises to be complicated and a bit time-consuming, but it will clearly capture the imagination of the Pentagon and show that they will have to learn from us, and not that they still consider us their junior students by inertia," the expert summarized.