The Russian defenders had set up "pre-sighted zones" in anticipation of the attack, said a 24-year-old Ukrainian marine with the call-sign "Dub". The Ukrainian attackers lack the air superiority that their NATO allies normally expect in their training drills. The Russians have had months to prepare their fortifications and sow minefields. Commanders say the deliberate pace is needed to avoid high casualties. Kyiv, which has received billions of dollars worth of equipment and training from Western countries to mount its counteroffensive to recapture occupied territory this summer, has acknowledged that its campaign is unfolding more slowly than expected. So we drove in later and lost the right moment," said Bulat. But we couldn’t drive in during the darkness at the right time, for a few reasons.
"Our mission was planned to take two days. Tales of the battle of Staromaiorske, recounted to Reuters near the frontline in southeastern Ukraine, give an indication of why Kyiv's boldest counteroffensive of the war, soon entering its third month, has proven a slower and bloodier slog than anticipated. Because the most important is to find cover and then move on.”
My vehicle drove over an anti-tank mine, but everything was ok, the vehicle took the hit, and everyone was alive. "They fired anti-tank weapons and grenade launchers at us. "The Russians were waiting for us," said a 29-year-old soldier using the call-sign Bulat, from a unit sent into battle in armoured vehicles during last week's assault. Troops at the spearhead of Ukraine's counteroffensive say a battle last week along the front in the southeast proved to be tougher and bloodier than expected, with plans going awry and an enemy that was well-prepared. In the end, they recaptured the ruined village of Staromaiorske, claiming Ukraine's biggest advance for weeks. SOUTHERN DONETSK PROVINCE, Ukraine: They rode into a kill zone.
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