Russia Builds Bizarre 18 Mile Defense Line Of Rail Cars In Occupied Ukraine
This does not look like the behavior of a Russian occupying force confident in its ability to withstand a Ukrainian attack. JL\
Thibault Spirlet reports in Business Insider:
Russia has built an 18-mile defensive line using more than 2,000 railway cars. Russian forces have constructed a continual train car line that runs
from Olenivka, south of the city of Donetsk, to Volnovakha and north to
Mariupol. The 30-kilometer-long barrier is "possibly" being built to serve as a defensive line against future Ukrainian assaults while it is difficult to assess how effective the structure is
Russia has built an 18-mile defensive line using more than 2,000 railway cars, according to a new report.
DeepState, a Telegram analytics channel, drew the assessment in aTelegram poston Sunday, relying on satellite imagery taken over occupied Ukraine.
The pair of satellite images, dated May 10, 2023, and February 6, 2024, show that Russian forces have constructed a continual train car line that runs from Olenivka, south of the city of Donetsk, to Volnovakha and north to Mariupol, it said.
The line's construction started in July 2023 and it can be viewed as a separate line of Russian defense, DeepState said.While it is difficult to assess how effective the structure is, it added that it would be difficult to damage and that breaking through such obstacles is extremely hard.
A Russian defensive line with railway cars between Olenivka and Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 10, 2023 (left) and February 6, 2024 (right).Telegram/DeepStateUA
The Institute for the Study of War also picked up on the report in anintelligence updateon Sunday.
However, the ISW had a more cautious take, saying the 30-kilometer-long barrier is "possibly" being built to serve as a defensive line against future Ukrainian assaults.
Russia may also have put the freight cars together for other purposes, it said.
Retired Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, who served for decades as a US Army officer and also as deputy director of operations for coalition forces in Iraq, broke down why it was so difficult for Ukrainian forces to break through Russia’s defenses last summer.
In a Wall Street Journalvideopublished in July, Kimmitt said that Russia’s defenses are stacked one on top of the other, resulting in up to eight layers of dangerous fortifications.
This means that breaching them comes at great human and material cost, he said.
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