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Day 833.
Today quite a few information came out from the direction of Kharkiv
Here the Russians misjudged their own capabilities and prematurely launched the offensive, while Ukrainians are on the verge of regaining the initiative and starting a counteroffensive
As we remember, during the first fewer days of the Russian offensive on Kharkiv Ukrainians conducted a militant withdrawal from the border
The reason they did this was to buy time for the arrival of further reinforcements on the main line of defence close the settlements of Liptsi and Wedding.
While Ukrainians continued to retreat close Lukjatsi, they further delayed Russians behind a tiny river in Hlyboke, inflicting massive injuries to Russian assault groups utilizing FPV kamikaze drones.
Later the Russians yet managed to attack the Hlyboke flank and force Ukrainian units to retreat from the settlement.
Interestingly, Russian military bloggers reported that the Ukrainians decided not to retreat full to their defensive line, but to keep the Russian attack as long as possible.
Ukrainian reasoning becomes more apparent if we look at the topographic map
Here we see that Liptsi is located on the lowlands and is surrounded by 3 strategical hills
These hills supply fire control and entry to Liptsi for who controls them.
As you can see, in the east hills, the Russians moved towards the main Ukrainian defence line.
Ukrainians proceed to control these ridges, providing fire control over the settlement.
The hills in the west are under complete Ukrainian control.
This means that if the Russians yet manage to enter Liptsi, the Ukrainians will be able to constantly shoot Liptsi, never allowing the Russians to gain full control.
The top strength of clashes takes place in the northern hills that the Russians almost completely occupied, for 2 crucial reasons
Firstly, if the Russians manage to take full control of these hills, they will be able to decision towards Liptsi himself.
While Ukrainians would keep fire control over the settlement through their tactical positions in the surrounding hills The Russians could start bombing Ukraine's defence intensively to slow weaken it.
Secondly, if the Russians had gained fire control over Liptsi from the north, this would besides make future counterattacks much more complicated here, as Ukrainians would gotta cross the settlement and hill.
For this reason, the Ukrainians understood that it was crucial to keep their positions in the northern hills before the main line of defense.
At the beginning of the Russian offensive in northern Kharkov, the Russians succeeded in taking control of the northern dachas in the suburbs of Liptsi.
The Russians could usage this to decision along Ukrainian positions in the hills, seriously threatening Ukrainian defence.
The Ukrainians rapidly responded to this improvement and began conducting counterattacks and clearing the houses that the Russians entered.
Ukrainian commanders besides transferred peculiar forces units and experienced drone operator teams to this area to further support Ukrainian soldiers holding the zero line in the hills.
Geolocation movie material shows Ukrainian drone operators from the 42nd Mechanized Brigade attacking Russian trenches close Hlyboke.
Subsequent published recordings show more FPV drone attacks on buildings, positions and transports around the settlement.
Drone operators from the Ukrainian peculiar forces squad besides showed how they destroyed Russian cars carrying ammunition to front positions.
Finally, the 42nd brigade made available a compilation of movie material showing the strength of their attacks on Russian transports of soldiers and ammunition and Russian infantry on the front line.
If you want to access the first uncensored combat material, you can find it on our Telegram channel utilizing the link in the description.
Ukrainian soldiers active in this area stated that their drone operators aim at Russian supply lines to gradually weaken Russian front positions and origin anxiety and discontent among Russian soldiers.
Source: Reports from Ukraine
