Ukraine said to be overwhelming Russian forces

 Yahoo News:

Russian forces on the frontlines in Ukraine are reportedly overwhelmed and facing numerous challenges, while Ukrainian forces are pushing them and their artillery back, The New York Times reported on Aug. 2, citing unnamed Western officials.

Ukraine has significantly intensified its counteroffensive on two fronts in southern Ukraine.

U.S. officials claim that the Ukrainian Armed Forces bolstered their forces last week, clearing paths through Russian defense lines and starting to push back Russian troops and artillery.

The Russians are overwhelmed and continue to face issues with logistics, supplies, personnel, and equipment, a Western official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Retired Air Force General Philip Breedlove, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, commenting on the Ukrainian counteroffensive, expressed confidence that the advances made by Ukraine will put Russia in a disadvantageous position.

“The Ukrainians are now in a position where they understand how they want to use their forces. And we are beginning to see the Russians retreat,” he said.

As for the counteroffensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the latest news indicates that a new phase has begun. The main thrust is directed toward the southeast, where Ukrainian forces are gradually advancing through minefields and facing attacks from Russian aviation, said the NYT.

Ukraine has altered its tactics after the initial chaos of the counteroffensive, reports the Financial Times. Now, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are focusing on striking Russian defensive positions with heavy artillery and are achieving tangible results.
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ISW also reports:

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Reuters reported that Russian forces are planting mines under Russian servicemen’s corpses to slow down Ukrainian counteroffensive efforts in Zaporizhia Oblast.[65] Ukrainian servicemen told Reuters that Russian forces create booby traps at abandoned positions by placing mines under Russian corpses because they know that Ukrainian forces lift the wounded and the dead. Ukrainian servicemen indicated that Russia’s excessive mining is slowing down Ukrainian advances on the battlefield.
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And: 

 As Ukrainians slog through minefields, what they need most is time

The military sapper points toward a hand-size, green Russian anti-personnel mine with a black rubber pressure plate. It’s one reason Ukraine’s long-expected counteroffensive has – after two months – made only limited gains.

“There are so [expletive] many of these; I can’t even begin to describe it,” says the Ukrainian de-mining specialist, who gives the name Pavlo.

His 128th brigade of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces helped de-mine the corridors that enabled a 5-mile advance in July as well as the capture last week of the village of Staromaiorske in southeast Ukraine.
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As I recall the US used what looked like an explosive rope that could be fired over a minefield and the consequent explosion would clear a path for attacking troops.  I don't know if they still have this item.  If they do, it looks like something Ukraine could use. 

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Let's do the math: how much Western equipment have actually been destroyed