Ukraine is currently supposed to liberate more areas than Russia can conquer. This is due to the air offensive. However, this does not translate into the situation on the front line. One of the Ukrainian commanders in an interview with “Rzeczpospolita” notes that the Russians, “if they attack at all, they do so only on Chinese electric motorcycles.”
Russians use Chinese motorcycles to make a “flagship”
Chinese motorcycles allow Russians to move deep into territories controlled by Ukrainians. “Russia widely uses the tactic of infiltrating (into the Ukrainian hinterland) with small groups. Therefore, even in sections controlled by Ukrainians, there may be Russian soldiers,” notes the American think-tank Institute for the Study of War, cited by “Rz”.
The infiltration tactic usually involves one or two soldiers who pass unnoticed several kilometers into the areas occupied by the Ukrainian army. They are making a “flagship” there, the daily describes.
The Russians get to a deserted town, hang their country's flag on a recognizable building, take a photo against it, send it to their commanders and run away. Such actions are intended to create confusion in the Ukrainian hinterland.
Practically all such expeditions end with the death of the daredevils, which does not prevent the Russian command from boasting about the capture of subsequent villages. The infiltrating groups are also getting smaller, mainly due to the high losses of the Russian army.
Ukraine's attack deep into Russia
Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to carry out retaliatory attacks on Russian territory. On Wednesday, a museum of the Crimean War of 1853-56 in Crimea annexed by Russia was attacked using drones. After the shelling, the roof of the building caught fire.
The fire was also the result of a Ukrainian drone attack on a large oil hub in Novokujbyshevsk, a city in the Samara Oblast, located near Siberia. This facility, located on the Volga, belongs to the state oil company Rosneft and is capable of processing over 8.8 million tons of crude oil per year, which translates into approximately 177,000. barrels per day.
In addition, drone strikes triggered air raids in Perm in the Urals, as well as in Tyumen and Khanty-Mansiysk in Siberia – places located thousands of kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
