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The situation in the Oleksandrivka direction is becoming more difficult – the Ukrainian Armed Forces are implementing a new defensive tactic.
The situation in the Oleksandrivka direction has been steadily worsening in recent weeks. Russian forces are pressing forward with infantry assaults, attempting to break through Ukrainian positions using motorcycles and light armored vehicles, while covering their advance with attack drones from above. Enemy flags have reportedly begun appearing on buildings that were under Ukrainian control until recently. At the same time, new defensive lines in the sector are only now being built. Ukrainian servicemen shared more details about the situation on the ground with Frontliner journalists.
Along the border of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, the open steppe and mostly dirt roads leave little shelter from attacks. The lack of natural defences makes defending the Oleksandrivka (formerly Novopavlivka) direction especially challenging. The Vovcha River is the sole existing obstacle, complicating attacks by the occupiers as well as counteroffensives by Ukrainian forces. The crossings built here last only two to three days, and they are hit every few hours. Crossing a pontoon bridge has become a race against time – will the equipment get across first, or will a drone strike it and injure the troops?
The 154th Mechanized Brigade had previously been stationed near Kupiansk and Vovchansk. They were redeployed to reinforce the Oleksandrivka sector alongside the 110th Brigade, but they did not expect what awaited them.
“All the fortifications and defensive positions that had been prepared here were captured by the Russians even before we arrived. We had to dig in out in the open fields, in destroyed villages, and in demolished houses,” says serviceman Artem.
“Recently, we have started using ground-based robotic systems that both mine positions and evacuate people,” adds Artem.
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[https://frontliner.ua/en/oleksandrivka-direction-is-becoming-more-difficult/](https://frontliner.ua/en/oleksandrivka-direction-is-becoming-more-difficult/)
Тext: Aline Yevych
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