Russia has erected “one of the most extensive military defense systems in the world in decades,” the UK Ministry of Defense tweeted, citing a May Day British intelligence report.
The documents note that there are fortifications not only on the line of contact, but also in the territories annexed to Russia and the regions bordering Ukraine.
In addition, according to the report of British intelligence, Russia has significantly reinforced the northern border of Crimea. In addition, the report states that the Russians dug “hundreds of kilometers of trenches” in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
In the Belgorod region there is a so-called notch line. It includes anti-tank pyramids tied together weighing half a ton to a ton, ditches, embankments, infantry barbed wire and other structures. The strengthening of the region’s borders, according to Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, began in April 2022.
In November 2022, the Crimean authorities said that fortifications were being built on the territory of the peninsula. The governor of the republic, Sergei Aksyonov, stressed that the “basic security measures” of the region should be carried out “mainly through activities carried out on the territory of the Kherson region”.
Kursk Region Governor Roman Starovoit reported in October 2022 that two reinforced defense lines had been erected on the border with Ukraine. The head of the region has promised to build the third defensive line by the beginning of November in order to “repel any encroachment on our territory”. In December Starovit published photos of the places of installation of the anti-tank barriers.
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