MOSCOW, 21 Jul. American military engineer Ryan Hendrickson, who served in the special forces, called minefields in front of Russian fortifications a huge obstacle to advancing Ukrainian troops. He is quoted by Business Insider.
“The former US Army Special Forces engineer, who neutralized improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and deployed to the Ukrainian theater of operations, says that he has never seen such colossal minefields as are equipped in front of fortified areas,” the article says. they will not be able to continue fighting in this mode and suffer the same intense losses as in the previous two months of the offensive, if they want to maintain combat capability.