At the same time, the construction itself without active artillery cover will not make sense.
Luhansk region, similar to the Maginot line in France and the Siegfried line in Germany. However, the experience of the Second World War shows that the defense structures of the Russians in the Donbass may turn out to be useless, says the Meduza article.
It is assumed that the defense line will stretch for tens of kilometers and cover the approaches to Lysychansk and Luhansk. Fortifications are located in the rear of Wagner's PVK detachments, which are attacking Bakhmut. The publication assumes that the PMK leadership is afraid of a breakthrough of Ukrainian troops in this area.
BTM-3 high-speed trenching machines developed in the 1970s in the USSR, which were stored in warehouses for many years, are used for the construction of the “Prygozhin Defense Line” Ministry of Defense The structure is also strengthened by concrete anti-tank buttresses.
In turn, the experience of the Second World War shows that investments in the construction of such defense lines are not justified in most cases, since they can be breached in a narrow area or bypassed.
For example, similar fortifications were planned to be built on the border of Kharkiv and Luhansk regions in the Kreminnaya region, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on a breakthrough where there was no equipped defense line and there were few troops.
“The main problem of fortified lines is that they are useless, if they are not covered by a large number of troops and artillery,” the publication notes.
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