At the beginning of this week, the Russians lost more than 70 pieces of equipment in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Seversky Donets River alone.. CNN journalists analyzed the videos filmed there and came to the conclusion that the invaders will no longer be able to surround the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Luhansk region - this plan "

According to media reports, our military prevented 9 attempts by the invaders to force the river. Thus, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed at least 73 pieces of equipment, including T-72 tanks and various infantry fighting vehicles.. Also, according to the number of wreckage, journalists came to the conclusion that another 30 infantry vehicles were destroyed.. This does not include those that were destroyed while crossing the river..

Helped to determine the place of accumulation of rashists noise of motorized tugs.

" This probably led to the fact that not only the BTG, but the whole brigade lost most of its combat power,"

Also, the occupiers lost bridge engineering equipment, and possibly sappers. These resources are not cheap, not available in large quantities, but they are very necessary when attacking..

The inability of the Russians to advance from the north across the river likely slowed down their offensive in the Lugansk direction, which for the moment depends on troops moving from the east and south across the front lines, which made little progress in a month..

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Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, predicts that the turning point in the war with Russia will come in the second half of August, and by the end of this year, most of the battles with the aggressor country will be completed.. He noted that Ukraine is well aware of the future plans of the Kremlin and is ready for any development of events..

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that the Russian Federation has begun the third phase of the war in Ukraine. This may be evidenced by the attempts of the invaders to take the Ukrainian military into "