The war between Ukraine and Russia is stalemate on the eastern front while Ukraine and Russia are trying to break through each other defense lines on the front . The surprise attacks of the Ukrainian armed forces succeed in preventing Russian attacks and regional dominance .
Currently the most violent clashes are taking place in Donbas which consist of the Donetsk and Luhansk region. This region is the front line where Ukrainian forces have been fighting Russian-backed separatists since 2014.
Kyiv has had eight years to prepare a large number fo fortified defense lines here in battle attacking areas where the enemy is strongest and most prepared is generally not recommended but before the first anniversary of Putin invasion of Ukraine ,The Russian people need something they can show as worth of their losses .
Soledar and the city of Bakhmut fit this idea weakening the experienced Ukrainian troops their could facilitate the Russian advance later on but at the moment Ukrainian forces continue to firmly hold the line of defense in both cities .
On the other hand a senior US military officials said last week that the fighting around Bakhmut was really violent and brutal with thousands of artillery shells being fired between the two sides .
The general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces stated that Moscow attacks are now focused on Bakhmut and its environs adding that Russia overestimated the impotence of the town and that this was not a worthy victory considering the coast of the war .
On the other hand NATO deputy Secretary general Mircha Januana speaking with defense ministers in Brussels warned that Putin has preparing for a long war and the military alliance must be prepared for it . Following these warnings by the Deputy Secretary general of NATO the fact that Putin long war in question was mostly tied to the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar gave the Ukrainian forces an advantage in Uledagar.
The Kyiv administration realizing this vulnerability of the war began to withdraw some of its forces to the front lines in the Luhansk region but the Ukrainian continued to update their presence in Donetsk. The fact that Kyiv provided additional groups of soldiers to both regions and sent weapon support enabled Ukraine to conduct two active fronts in both Donetsk and Luhansk.
But on the frontlines In Donetsk the Ukrainian armed forces generally use a defensive strategy. The dominance of Russia especially in Soledar caused the Wagner mercenaries and the Moscow administration to be complacent for a while because when you look at it Soledar is one of the rare war fronts that Russia has gained since the beginning of the war .
In addition the continuation of violent clashes in Bakhmut limits Russia gains only to the city of Soledar but as we mentioned the sudden concentration of Ukraine and Luhansk with an unpredictable war method caused all the balances to change while the focus of the Russians was on Donetsk .
The fact that the Ukrainian forces became quite active on the frontline Luhansk forced to take precautions in this regard the other day in Luhansk the occupation administration of Moscow begin to evacuate the families of the soldiers of the second army corps of the Russian armed forces from this region to the territory of Russian federation.
This evacuations decision taken after Ukraine repressive attacks in Luhansk is thought to be related to the situations at the Crimea and Svatove frontlines. The decisions of the majority of the soldiers of the second corps of the Russia to send their relatives back to Russia. Also reveals that the Moscow administration is seriously afraid of the Ukrainian forces in this region.
In the order of the Russian army the course accommodates more than 40 thousands soldiers and in this case we can say that at least 80 thousands to 1 hundred and fifty thousand Russian in Luhansk fled to Russia or were evacuated . The fact that the Luhansk front has been so active lately has drawn the attention of Bakhmut and Soledar to this direction.
You may remember that the attacks of the mercenaries of Wagner Group continued actively especially in Soledar in this time on the Bakhmut front Russian forces and Wagner members are trying to break through Ukrainian defense but the successful defensive tactics of the Ukrainian armed forces on both front lines are currently working .
At the same times the Ukrainian conducting offensive operations in Luhansk began to greatly worry the invading Russian forces because the violence of the attacks carried out by the Ukrainian forcers on the Crimean front increase considerably yesterday . In response to the advance of the Ukrainian forces on this front line the Russian army began to send reserve units to Luhansk.
Spokesman of the US department of defense Patrick Ryder suggested that it would be in Ukraine favor if the invading Russian reinforcements coming near Luhansk on the battlefield with weak equipment and untrained . Also earlier Ukrainian authorities had reported that there were signs that the Russian army was preparing to attack the Luhansk region.
However as the US officials stated the newly arrived invading troops for offensive operations in Luhansk were composed of untrained and weak soldiers which did not effect Ukraine advances on this frontlines . On the contrary this move of Moscow may cause the Russian army to suffer much more losses because the Ukrainian forces seem much stronger and more organised in Luhansk.
But Moscow first response to such sudden attacks on Ukraine has often been to launch counter attack rather then a defensive strategy for this reason the Russian army has lost more than 1 hundred and 20 thousands soldiers in total since the beginning of the war . It is estimated that these losses of the Russian army will increase much more with the military support provided to the Ukrainian armed forces.
A few days ago a very critical move by Germany turned the whole world agenda upside down German foreign minister has stated that if Poland makes a request to send Leopard two tanks to Ukraine they will not prevent it with the shock decision following these statements Germany joined the tank support given to the Ukrainian army in the aid given to Ukraine after the UK and US .
A few days ago Germany decided to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine prepared for a new offensive in the spring Ukraine had to wait unit January 2023 for the modern tanks that they had been demanding from western countries for months under intense pressure Germany for a long time resisted the sending of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine .
While green light signals were coming from Berlin as of the weekend German officials announced the news that turned agenda upside down on last Tuesday evening. Following the Berlin government decisions to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine Poland requested Germany to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
The request reportedly increased the pressure on Berlin to decide on this controversial issue . In a statement shared a few days ago the German government stated that they have received a request to send 14 German-made tanks to Ukraine . However it was emphasized that the final decision lies with the prime minister Olaf Scholes .
Ukraine seized these tanks as vital to breaching Russian lines and preventing the anticipated counter attack. The Leopard 2 tanks were specifically designed to compete with the T90 tanks used by Russia in the invasion of Ukraine .
However export rules require Berlin to give permission for these tanks to be re-exported to third countries . Polish prime minister expressed hope that Germany would respond quickly to their demands and accuse Germany of delaying the process trying to slosh and behaving in an obsure way .
The Polish prime minister also stated that they will demand the European union to pay for the tanks they want to send to Ukraine . Germany has been reluctant to send or allow other countries to send Leopard 2 tanks . One of Berlin concerns is that taking a hasty step on this issues will further increase tensions with Russia .
German defense minister announced that Berlin gave the green light to allied countries to train Ukrainian soldiers in the use of Leopard tanks . However pistorius made no commitment on behalf of Berlin . Germany has decided to supply these tanks to Ukraine but the Berlin administration has not yet given a clear answer to Poland demands in this regard .
For this reason the battlefield is currently very tense both military and diplomatically the policies to be followed by the countries of the world are of vital importance for Ukraine . This reaction of the Polish minister to the German government is perhaps because every second counts for Ukraine .
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