{"id":256509,"date":"2023-07-11T16:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T13:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investigator.org.ua\/?p=256509"},"modified":"2023-07-17T18:03:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T15:03:01","slug":"%d0%be%d0%ba%d0%ba%d1%83%d0%bf%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%82%d1%8b-%d1%81%d1%82%d1%80%d0%be%d1%8f%d1%82-%d1%81%d0%be%d1%82%d0%bd%d0%b8-%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%82%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b2-%d1%84%d0%be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investigator.org.ua\/en\/publication\/256509\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian occupants build hundreds of kilometers of fortifications in Berdyansk raion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since September 2022, Russian troops have built fortifications even in their deep rear front. New defense lines, hundreds of kilometers long, are built in temporary occupied Berdyansk raion, as reports Sergii Starushko, correspondent of the Center for Journalist Investigations in Zaporizhzhia.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Recent data of satellite Sentinel-2 demonstrate recent trenches being built around the largest villages of Berdyansk raion \u2013 Andriivka and Berestove (both are 40 kilometers to the north from Berdyansk).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Northern part of Andriivka village with the longest defense line among neighboring villages. 07.07.2023. Photo by satellite Sentinel-2<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

*hereinafter yellow lines mark so-called \u00abdragon\u2019s teeth\u00bb, white lines \u2013 trenches and anti-tank ditches\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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Western part of Andriivka village and the road leading to Obitochne, Saltychia and Dakhgo villages. 07.07.2023. Photo by satellite Sentinel-2<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

As the Center for Journalist Investigations <\/span>recently reported<\/span><\/a>, Russian occupants dug not less than 30 kilometers of trenches in Berdyansk raion in May-June 2023. It is mainly about fortifications around Andriivka and Berestove villages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Trenches of Russian occupants in Berdyansk raion. Photo: screenshot of the video of Russian propagandists\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

As of 07.07.2023, Russian troops keep constructing defense fortifications with the aim to encircle two villages with unified defense lines.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Northern part of Berestove village, 07.07.2023. Photo by satellite Sentinel-2<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div>

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Western part of Berestove village, 07.07.2023. Photo by satellite Sentinel-2<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div>

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Eastern part of Berestove village, 07.07.2023. Photo by satellite Sentinel-2<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

The distance between two villages is 17 kilometers. It seems Russian occupants succeeded in constructing unified fortifications (trenches, anti-tank ditches, dragon\u2019s teeth) around them. The landscape is full of rivers and deep ravines. It facilitates constructing defense fortifications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Approximate length of defense line from Berestove to Andriivka is 35 kilometers from the west to the east, according to calculations by the Center for Journalist Investigations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Satellite images from April to July 2023 demonstrate the chronology of constructing works in Berdyansk raion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n