The border defense commander was killed by the missile. The Russian army rushed into the city. The 100 Uzbek troops surrendered on their knees without firing a shot

An unbelievable scene recently occurred in the conflict battlefield between Russia and Ukraine

The Russian army only used four battalions of assault troops to capture 13 Ukrainian border villages and towns in 48 hours at one fell swoop. Ukraine lost 170 square kilometers of control area in an instant. Known as the impregnable Kharkov "northern defense line", under the impact of the Russian infiltration team, "air leaks everywhere". The Ukrainian defenders responsible for defending border passes even had no time to respond, They were surrounded by Russian commandos. From any point of view, the Ukrainian army's defense in the direction of Kharkov was obviously not prepared in time and fully.

(Captured by Urumqi Army)

However, Ukrainian President Zelensky warned the outside world as early as the end of last year that the Russian Ministry of Defense was building a new "Northern Campaign Cluster" in the western region of the country to carry out large-scale offensive operations in the northern border area of Ukraine. The main purpose of the operations was to build a buffer zone with a depth of about 10-15 kilometers and a width of about 300-400 kilometers, In order to ease the Ukrainian army's shelling of urban targets in Russia by taking advantage of the geographical advantage of the border close to the Russian mainland.

In fact, in the early morning of May 10, when the infantry units of the Russian army's "Northern Campaign Cluster" crossed the Russian Ukrainian border and entered Kharkov State from four directions, the Ukrainian army "woke up like a dream

”， However, the foreign mercenaries who were responsible for defending important fortifications on the border chose to turn around and run away, while the Urumqi Land Defense Brigade behind them was hit by the Russian commandos 。

(Ukrainian T-64 tank is destroyed)

According to the battlefield news fed back by Ukraine, the Russian offensive force is mainly composed of light armored personnel carriers and battalion level combat units of foot infantry units. In order to facilitate flexible penetration in the depth of the defense line of the Ukrainian army, the Russian army divided the force into a "reinforced platoon" formation of 50 people. Within 48 hours, the Russian army successively occupied Gadzier, Ogiltsewe, Gatische, Krasny 13 villages, including Pledenivka, Borisivka, Krasnoye, Pirina, Morohovezi, Olenikway and Strelitcha, saw the Ukrainian army collapse on the border. By the early morning of May 12, the Russian army had entered the city of Volchangsk.

It is puzzling that the Ukrainian army warned half a year ago that the Russian army was likely to launch an attack on the "soft spots" of the Ukrainian army in the direction of Kharkov, but when the Russian army really entered Ukraine, it was not tenaciously resisted by the defenders, and the Russian army did not even encounter large minefields, nor large defensive fortifications and trench lines, The Ukrainian army was almost in a state of "unprepared" and "panic", and was defeated by the Russian army's devastating attack.

(Russian artillery position)

It is worth mentioning that just before the Russian army started its operations, the Zerensky government seemed to have just received intelligence confirmation from the United States and NATO that the Russian army was massively assembling troops in the border area. Subsequently, on May 2, Ukraine began to build an emergency trench defense line of about 500 kilometers in the border area between Russia and Ukraine. However, these "temporary cramming" actions were completely vulnerable to the suppression of large-scale artillery fire prepared by the Russian army.

(Captured by Urumqi Army)

We can see from the current disastrous defeat of the Ukrainian army that the understanding of the Ukrainian senior leadership on the Russian army's "opening up the second battlefield" is not unified, and the Ukrainian military is still unable to firmly determine the "real intention" of the Russian army's action. Some senior officials of the Ukrainian army believe that the Russian army's attack in the direction of Kharkov is mainly a feint attack, which is a phased strategy of the Putin authorities to "replace defense with attack" and "support the war with war". The main purpose is to contain and attract the Ukrainian army to deploy troops from other fronts to reinforce Kharkov, and then let the Ukrainian army appear insufficient forces in other directions. However, some senior Uzbek military officials suspect that the Russian army launches an attack in the direction of Kharkov with a small group of troops, mainly to test the reaction of the Uzbek defense line. If the Uzbek defense is weak, the Russian army's temptation will instantly turn into a comprehensive attack.

According to French and Russian media reports, it can be confirmed that the total number of troops of the Russian army's "Northern Campaign Cluster" entering Ukraine does not exceed 2000, and they are mainly composed of the following four units: the first is the 245th Motorized Infantry Regiment from the 3rd Infantry Division of the 20th Army Group, and the second is affiliated to the General Intelligence Agency of Gruu (ГРУ) The second special operations brigade of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the third is the 1009 Infantry Regiment affiliated to the territorial defense force of the Russian Ministry of Defense, and the last is the "Akhmat" rapid response special force composed of Chechen troops and Wagner mercenaries.

(Rocket unit of the Russian army's "Northern Cluster")

It is worth noting that the four battalion level troops dispatched by the above units launched a large-scale attack in the northern part of Kharkov State, and did not encounter strong resistance when they exchanged fire with the Ukrainian army, including the 92nd Independent Airborne Brigade, the 57th Airborne Brigade, the 58th Airborne Brigade, the "Sea Demon Camp" special force and a large number of territorial defense forces, which were overwhelmed by the Russian army's surprise attack, In some areas, the Russian army even found that nearly 100 Uzbek soldiers chose to surrender on their knees without firing a single shot.

Some analysts believe that the rapid collapse of the Ukrainian army on the border is mainly due to the careful deployment and arrangement of the Russian army's "Northern Campaign Cluster" raid. Before the infantry crossed the border, the Russian army launched a series of raids against Kopchi, Volchangsk Large scale aerial bombardments were carried out at the logistics supply centers and troop concentration points of Uzbek army, such as Dzernova and Kozacharopani.

(Urumqi artillery position)

It is worth mentioning that on the morning of May 11 local time, when the Russian army launched an attack on Kharkov State, it also used the "Iskandel M" ballistic missile to attack the Wolchansk railway station. As a result, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Rovenchuk, who was organizing the receipt of ammunition and materials at the railway station, was killed on the spot. Rovenchuk is not only a senior commander of the border defense headquarters of the Ukrainian army, He is also the commander of the First Frontier Rapid Reaction Force of the Ukrainian State Border Service.

In addition to the intensive bombing of the battlefield, the Russian air force carried out dozens of rounds of air raids on Kharkov Prefecture and the urban area of Kharkov several months before the Russian army launched cross-border military operations. At present, the urban area of Kharkov has been without power and water for a long time, and all water conservancy power plants and large thermal power plants in the entire state of Kharkov have been destroyed.

(Russian "Spitfire Tank" Group)

At the same time, the large bridges and supply channels connecting the Vorvcha River were destroyed one by one. The Russian army focused on destroying the logistics supply of the Ukrainian army on the front line from the very beginning. Soon after the battle, the defense line of the Ukrainian army was broken. The logistics supply line of the Ukrainian army was repeatedly harassed by the Russian air force, The national defense force of the Ukrainian army on the Kharkov front was unable to get ammunition and personnel, and was instantly destroyed by the Russian army when encountering high intensity consumption.