UK Defence Intelligence has reported that Russian forces are stepping up their defence of the strategically important city of Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Source: UK Defence Intelligence, as reported by European Pravda Details: The report indicates that Russian troops are setting up additional checkpoints and anti-tank fortifications around Tokmak, located about 16 kilometres from the current line of contact, and digging new trenches in the area held by the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Russi
The second line of defence of the Russians is quite strong and could have an extensive network of labyrinths because the Russians had more than a year to dig in. Source: Oleksandr Shtupun, Spokesman for the Joint Press Centre of the Tavriia Operational and Strategic Group of Forces, on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: "The second line of defence is quite strong.
In an interview with the Observer, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Commander of the Tavriia Operational and Strategic Group of Forces, said that the Russian forces spent 60% of their time and resources on the construction of the first line of defence, and only 20% for the second and third.