Zhdanov doubts that the "Wagner Line" in its current state is a big obstacle for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The so-called defensive "Wagner Line" in the east of Ukraine is in primary training. All work has been halted due to the rainy season. Military expert Oleg Zhdanov spoke about this on FREEDOM.
“Now is the rainy season, and all the trenches that will come off today, without further engineering equipment, will all turn into a swamp. Their edges will crumble, water will be collected in these trenches. So far, this is the primary preparation of the defense line,†Zhdanov said.
How far the Russians will be able to occupy and hold it is a huge question.
According to satellite imagery by Maxar Technologies, the "Wagner Line" near the village of Gorskoye in the Donetsk region reaches only about 2 km, but Russia says it plans to "strengthen" 217 km in this way.
“And to move them, there are a lot of ways - starting with the help of artillery and ending with engineering vehicles for obstacles or trawls that are installed on tanks,†Zhdanov explained.
Zhdanov doubts that the "Wagner Line" in its current state is a big obstacle for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, it is difficult for an expert to call the line of defense of the work carried out by the RF Armed Forces on the territory of Belgorod.
“What they are doing in Belgorod is a little different. This is not a line of defense. We need some kind of firing points, strongholds of defense areas. It's not just a tractor came, dug, and left. Two rains passed - and everything was washed away. It is necessary to build up everything, prepare flooring, make the lining of trenches, pillboxes, and dugouts, bring material and technical equipment there, make ammunition depots, food stores, and so on," he said.
So for the time being, this is a PR campaign aimed at intimidating citizens so that they do not speak out strongly, Zhdanov summed up.
American journalists note that although the fortifications can help defend against a frontal attack, nothing prevents Ukrainian forces from simply bypassing them.
