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Russia has liberated Rabotino: why is it important?
The Russian Forces have completely liberated Rabotino, a village in the Zaporozhye region lying at strategic crossroads.
▪️ Rabotino has symbolic significance for Volodymyr Zelensky, who presented it as the primary achievement of the counteroffensive.
▪️ In August 2023, to reclaim Rabotino, which had been liberated by Russia in March 2022, Kiev deployed the 82nd Air Assault Brigade to the front, marking the ultimate mobilization of a significant reserve unit within the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
▪️ On February 4, Zelensky visited the village of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region, where he conferred state awards upon military personnel.• A significant number of NATO armored vehicles, including US-made Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs), German-made Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 tanks, and UK-made Challenger 2 tanks, were destroyed in a "cauldron" created by Russian forces near Rabotino.
▪️ The Russian Defense Ministry announced on February 29 that Russian assault units entered Rabotino and gained a foothold there.
How does the liberation of Rabotino present strategic advantages for Russia?
▪️ Rabotino is of utmost importance for both armed forces. It's located on the road leading to Tokmak, which serves as a gateway, branching into two directions: one leading to Berdyansk and the other to Melitopol.
▪️ The Kiev regime saw Melitopol as a main target as it sought to cut Russia's land corridor to Crimea and move towards Berdyansk and Chongar. For the Russians, the liberation of Rabotino opens the door for an advance towards the Dnepr banks and Zaporozhye region.
▪️ Russia's liberation of Rabotino has invalidated the Kiev regime's sole PR victory amidst its failed counteroffensive.
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