Honestly, the fortifications could be extremely strong, but that doesn’t matter if you have no men to man them.
Could be identical to what happened when the Americans reached the Siegfried Line and Soviets reached the Ostwall at the German border. They encountered massive defensive lines with bunkers, pillboxes, tunnels, trenches, anti-tank ditches, dragon’s teeth, barbed wire, and gun emplacements… that were virtually empty because there were no men left to man the defenses except for battered troops, Luftwaffe personnel, and Volksstrum.
I’m sure they’re undermanned, but I can also guarantee that all the money that was meant for building fortifications was embezzled. This is Ukraine we’re talking about after all.
Honestly, the fortifications could be extremely strong, but that doesn’t matter if you have no men to man them.
Could be identical to what happened when the Americans reached the Siegfried Line and Soviets reached the Ostwall at the German border. They encountered massive defensive lines with bunkers, pillboxes, tunnels, trenches, anti-tank ditches, dragon’s teeth, barbed wire, and gun emplacements… that were virtually empty because there were no men left to man the defenses except for battered troops, Luftwaffe personnel, and Volksstrum.
I’m sure they’re undermanned, but I can also guarantee that all the money that was meant for building fortifications was embezzled. This is Ukraine we’re talking about after all.