War in Ukraine – Forbes explained the problem with the encirclement of Velikaya Novoselka – UNIAN
If Russian troops manage to bypass the fortifications in Velikaya Novoselka, they will be able to repeat this maneuver in other sectors in the east.
The Russians are outflanking Ukrainian troops in their positions in Velikaya Novoselka, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated after Ugledar, since the best Ukrainian forces are concentrated in the Kursk region and the Ukrainian defense in the Donbass is understaffed. As Forbes analyst David Ax writes, Russian assault groups managed to maneuver past and then around Velikaya Novoselka, advancing on the eastern flank of the city.
“The news coming out of the Velikaya Novoselka area is very bad. The area has reached a crisis and requires immediate intervention,” warns analyst Andrew Perpetua.
At the same time, as Perpetua notes, she herself…