The area of Russian invaders’ defense structures has increased to 8,000 square kilometers – DeepState analysts

In two years, the length of Russian engineering and fortification structures has increased by 2,000 square kilometers and amounts to over 8,000 km².

This was reported by DeepState analysts.

A previous DeepState study in November 2023 recorded more than 6 thousand kilometers of Russian engineering and fortification structures.

Analysts note that the new study took into account the Kursk, Belgorod, and Bryansk regions of the Russian Federation, which occupied a significant part of the total mileage. Fortifications that fell under the control of the occupiers were also added.

“By occupying them, the enemy is setting up fortifications for itself, often encountering poor-quality construction on our part or building additional ones,” DeepState noted.

The number of IFS on TOT increased by:

• Donetsk – 2814 km (+51%);
• Zaporizhzhia – 1991 km (+7%);
• Luhansk – 1302 km (+14%);
• Kherson – 483 km (+29%);
• Autonomous Republic of Crimea – 278 km (+5%);
• Kharkiv – 126 km (+350%).

DeepState notes that the Russians have changed their priorities in fortification, switching from depth to positional defense as they advance.

“In many areas, the enemy has pushed our units away from the main lines of defense, or the situation simply has not changed and the LBZ passes not far from long-prepared positions, as in the south,” the analysts added.

DeepState notes that at a critical and necessary moment for itself, the enemy made every effort to build an IFS for defense.

“The most striking example is the arrangement of fortifications in connection with the preparation and announcement by us of the “summer counteroffensive,” for which the Katsaps prepared and made it a failure for us. Currently, they are focused on assault operations, where defense is now the priority for us,” the report says.

Earlier, Ukrainian Armed Forces officer Yuriy Kasyanov stated that the poor quality of fortifications caused the loss of Ukrainian territories .

By the way, from the journalists’ investigation it became known that the companies that inflated prices by millions of hryvnias during the construction of fortifications are connected to the OP .

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