In parallel with the intense fighting in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, Russian forces must solve another, strategically important, problem - forcing water bodies. Prudently, during the retreat, Ukrainian troops undermine bridges and water crossings in order to slow down the advance of Russian troops and interfere with the establishment of logistics routes, the press service of the British Ministry of Defense reports..

Now there is a serious obstacle in the way of the Russian army - the Seversky Donets River, on the right bank of which there is a 90-kilometer section of the front. And the military leadership of the Russian Federation is faced with a choice either to carry out large-scale flank maneuvers or to carry out assault forcing of rivers under the fire of Ukrainian artillery.

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Attempts by the Russians to establish the complex coordination necessary to complete the task in crossing the reservoir have not yet resulted. However, in the Ukrainian territories temporarily controlled by Russia, they are actively engaged in the restoration of previously destroyed bridges and transport hubs..