Three from the Analyst

From "The Analyst":

RUSSIAN FAILURE AT KRASNOHORIVKA

Having taken the town of Merinka after a long slog of a battle that lasted months, made more complex by difficult lakes, swamps and rivers, the town of Krasnohorivka just to then north of Merinka is a key defensive point.
The town has long been on the frontline - right back to 2014. As a result it’s heavily fortified with an industrial zone and high rise buildings offering outstanding zones of observation and fire control.
In addition there are swamps, bogs and wetlands around the area that, due to so much long term fighting over ten years, have effectively re-wilded without human interference to maintain drainage and farmland. It is not an easy place to attack even on the best of days.
By now you will know what the Russians use to demolish high rise buildings - waves of air launched glide bombs, and that’s exactly what they have done.
Russian forces started to accumulated for this offensive in early March, and the bombings intensified dramatically in preparation.
The attacks began on April 3-4 with the first coming through the southern wetlands gap - a very narrow approach point the Russians must have known the Ukrainian forces would have covered. They attacked anyway and ran straight into a minefield. The first groups didn’t even get out of their carriers before being destroyed. These were sacrificial forces. The second and third waves made their way through and deployed their infantry.
Having forced the defenders out of the lightly defended southern part of the town- and behind the heavier defence line, the Russians dug in to their captured positions.
Ukraine had long expected an attack here and the town is of tactical importance in terms of local supply. Losing it would be unfortunate. As
A result the army had established a group of three sets of quick reaction reserves, designed to be deployed rapidly at whatever point the attack might come from.
These forces, made up of the battle hardened 1st & 2nd battalions of the 3rd Assault Brigade, trained specifically with the best equipment to deal with these types of situations.
They rapidly moved through the Russian lines, using infantry assault tactics and drones, causing chaos in the Russian forces which it was noted, seemed to be disconnected from their command and totally uncoordinated.
Things were so bad that the Ukrainian forces were listening in on the unencrypted Russian comms and knew what they planned - they stood by while Russian artillery was ordered to open fire on their soldiers own positions in error.
The Ukrainian army managed to force the Russians back past their original start position and confirmed observation showed that Russian loses were running at around 4:1.
Yet again the ability of Ukrainian forces to evacuate wounded soldiers saved lives - something not even remotely comparable on the Russian side where even minor injuries can result in death.
The Russians were driven out, their loses high, and they’re back to where they started.
A brilliant counter attack operation by the Ukrainians who clearly have a few surprises waiting for the Russians wherever they try next.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!