ISW: Ukrainian counteroffensive is successful in western Zaporizhzhia region, forcing occupiers to redeploy

Ukrainian troops made a tactically significant advance in the western part of the Zaporizhzhia region over the past 24 hours on August 11. They are now on the northern outskirts of the village of Robotyno. The Russian occupiers are forced to redeploy their personnel in this area. Thus, their defenses may weaken.

This is stated in the analysis of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). It is noted that counter-offensive operations of the Defense Forces continue in three directions of the front: Bakhmut, Berdiansk (the area of the border between Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions) and Melitopol (west of Zaporizhzhia region).

Analysts noted that geolocation footage released on August 11 confirms that Ukrainian forces have reached the northern edge of the village of Robotyno, 10 kilometers south of Orikhiv in the western Zaporizhzhya region, although the permanence and extent of these positions are now unclear. Ukrainian operations have been aimed at weakening Russian defenses in this area over the past week.

Geolocation footage published on August 11 shows Ukrainian forces advancing toward Urozhaine, which is 9 kilometers south of Velyka Novosilka along the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia region border. Russian military bloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces pushed back Russian forces to the settlement on August 10 and 11.

Analysts are convinced that the Defense Forces' counteroffensive is likely forcing the Russian military to redeploy its personnel in the western part of the Zaporizhzhia region, indicating that the Ukrainian actions could weaken the Russian defenses significantly. To reinforce this section of the front, units of the 7th Guards Airborne Division (VDV), which are now engaged in fierce fighting near Robotyne, have been redeployed from the left bank of the Kherson region. Units of the Vostok Akhmat battalion, controlled by Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov, have also arrived there.

The transfer of these units to this area is the first explicit introduction of new Russian formations. The main forces here have been units of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division, the 58th General Army (Southern Military District) with elements of the 22nd and 45th Independent Guards (Main Directorate of the Russian General Staff), as well as the 810th Marine Brigade (Black Sea Fleet) since the beginning of the Ukrainian counter-offensive. At the same time, there is no rotation for the main Russian forces with the arrival of reinforcements.

"The lack of Russian operational reserves means that Russian commanders will have to make additional lateral redeployments if they want to reinforce certain sections of the front in the future," ISW said.

As reported by OBOZREVATEL:

- The Pentagon assessed the tactics of the AFU offensive, calling the Ukrainian defenders being able to drive the occupiers into the defense a miracle, "given the state of the Ukrainian army at the time of the invasion." A representative of the US Defense Ministry assured that the USA intends to support Ukraine in the future so that it could regain its territories;

- The Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported that the occupants in the east concentrated their efforts in the Kupiansk direction, unsuccessfully trying to break through the defenses and enter Kupiansk. The AFU continue their offensive in Melitopol and Berdiansk directions in the south, they had partial success in the direction of Urozhaine, Pryutne and Verbove.

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