It has always been reported that the Russian attack on Kharkov is actually a feint mission. The real goal of the Russian army is to attack Donbas, Kherson, Zaporoge and other places. However, from the current battlefield form, the Russian army is completely going to fight a phenomenal war in Kharkov.
Some military experts believe that the Russian army has made adequate preparations before attacking Kharkov, and can turn the feint attack on Kharkov into an important decisive battle at any time. The tactics adopted by the Russian army ultimately depend on the overall defense of the Ukrainian army in Kharkov.
If the defense system of the Ukrainian army in Kharkov is too strong, the Russian army's tactics is to attract the rest of the front Ukrainian army to Kharkov as far as possible to carry out encirclement and suppression. If there are loopholes in Kharkov's Ukrainian defense system, the Russian army will take the opportunity to win the whole Kharkov.
According to the news from the front line of the Russian army sent back by the Russian war reporter Lixiqin, the Russian army has made breakthroughs in both directions in Kharkov late on May 19. It seems that the Russian army has chosen the second option, which will directly attack the whole Kharkov.
It is reported that at present, the Russian army has made a major breakthrough in Volchangsk. After suppressing the Uzbek drone attack, the Russian army has successively captured the two Uzbek fortresses of Starica and Zbino. The Russian army is ready to launch a ground siege on Volchangsk. In Lipqi on the other side, the Russian army also used the firepower advantage to control the important local transportation hub, and the Ukrainian army was basically in a situation of no retreat.
After the Russian army gradually controlled the area north of the center of Volchangsk, the Ukrainian defenders either gave up their positions to break through, or they had to wait for the arrival of Ukrainian reinforcements. In order to slow down the Russian offensive, it is very rare for the Ukrainian army to send fighters to carry out bombing missions over the center of Volchangsk. After the Ukrainian army sent air fire support, the Russian offensive near the Volchangsk Central Hospital began to slow down.
However, the Ukrainian army also paid a heavy price. It is reported that the Russian army launched the R-37M long-range air-to-air missile to hit a Ukrainian fighter plane, which led to the death of a Ukrainian ace pilot.
The only thing that makes the Ukrainian garrison happy is that at present, five combat brigades of the Ukrainian army have arrived at the Kharkov front line, most of which have arrived at the Volchangsk and Lipqi front lines. However, the bad news is that the Russian army's tactics of "encirclement and rescue" worked. When so many Ukrainian troops swarmed into Kharkov, the Russian army immediately sent a temperature bomb to carry out bombing.
According to the commander of the Russian army at the front line in Volchangsk, the Russian army has slowed down its ground advance speed, and the air and space army has taken the lead. The Russian air force sent Su-34 bombers to the skies over Volchangsk and Lipzi to carry out bombing. It is estimated that 20 thermobaric bombs fall on the positions of the Volchangsk Ukrainian army every hour.
The Russian military has developed a variety of thermobaric bombs, the most famous of which is the FAB series bombs used by the Russian Air Force. These thermobaric projectiles played an important role in the Ukrainian war and had a lethal attack capability on the Ukrainian army's armor and facilities.
This time, the FAB-500-62 model was used by the Russian army to bomb Volchangsk and Lipzi. This kind of bomb is a combination of high temperature and high pressure effects, which can produce huge destructive power and high temperature killing when exploding.
After the brutal street battles between Mariupol and Bachmut, the Russian army no longer wants to fight the Ukrainian army for ground attrition. As Russia unsealed its Soviet era arsenal, a large number of FAB series bombs were reactivated, which would become a nightmare for the Ukrainian army.
It is reported that after the Russian army continuously threw thermobaric bombs, the positions of the Ukrainian army in Volchangsk and Lipzi had been blown into ruins. The Ukrainian army did not even have the most basic shelter. Next, it was the turn of the Russian ground forces to launch a charge.
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