Russian engineering units have been actively working over the past few weeks to overcome logistical problems in the Kharkiv region. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has repeatedly reported that the occupiers are taking measures to restore the transport infrastructure and build pontoon-railway crossings across water bodies. And judging by the satellite images found by the Schemes journalists, they completed their task, Radio Liberty reports..
The city of Kupyansk, located in the east of the Kharkiv region, is a strategically important railway junction. It took the Russians less than a week, from the beginning of a full-scale invasion, to occupy the area, not without the help of collaborators. Thanks to holding positions in the Kupyansk region, the enemy, by rail, has the opportunity to send reinforcements in the direction of Severodonetsk, Izyum and Kharkov, if not for one " However, it is obvious that the occupiers have already dealt with this trouble..
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In the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bthe village of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, the Russians completed the construction of a pontoon crossing over a reservoir, just next to the destroyed railway bridge. This is evidenced by satellite images of Planet Labs, dated June 19, available to Schemes..
According to military experts, the construction has already been completed. Although, as of the end of May, there were no signs of the start of construction yet.. Free crossing over Oskol can serve as an alternative to the destroyed bridge.
It is also important that, according to analysts, it is the forcing of numerous Ukrainian reservoirs that will become almost a determining factor in the course of a further war..
However, to the best of their ability, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not hesitate to destroy the pontoon crossings of the invaders.