Russian forces have of late intensified their assaults on positions around the strategic town of Vuhledar. Read more at straitstimes.com.
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine - Two Russian jets screamed up to the Ukrainian lines near the town of Vuhledar on Thursday, dropped their explosives and banked sharply, hurtling back from where they came. They left in their wake two large black plumes rising from the detonations.
As temperatures rise and the viscous mud begins to dry and harden into terrain ideal for heavy armoured vehicles, both the Ukrainians and Russians are gearing up for the summer fighting season. Moscow’s apparent attempt to seize the initiative with a late-winter offensive yielded little ground, but as the incessant pounding of artillery and rocket fire around Vuhledar on Thursday attests, the Russians still have a lot of fight left.
“The fighters are charged up to go forward regardless of the fact that there are minuses,” said a Ukrainian company commander who uses the call sign Dolphin. “We’re losing in numbers and losing perhaps in a number of areas because of our weaponry. I’m not going to say that everything is going well, is going great.
Pavlo, who wears a silver skull mask into battle, said that he and his team have been hit several times with ordnance from grenade launchers while driving their MaxxPro at the front and have come out unscathed. The vehicle also once took a tank round to one of its wheels and was able to hobble away. “The Russians have tanks, they have BMPs and BTRs,” he said, referring to Russian-made armoured fighting vehicles. “We can’t go up against them with rifles. We need heavy equipment on the ground and support in the air.”
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