That is according to the latest the U.K. Defense Ministry’s Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine as of 08 November 2022.
“Russia has started constructing defensive structures around the occupied southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Two plants are producing concrete pyramidal anti-tank structures, known as Dragon’s teeth, for this purpose,” the update reads.
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As U.K. Defense Ministry’s Defense Intelligence update notes, “Dragon’s teeth have likely been installed between Mariupol and Nikolske village; and from northern Mariupol to Staryi Krym village”. At the same time there are some changes on other directions. “Mariupol forms part of Russia's "land bridge" from Russia to Crimea, a key logistics line of communication, and dragon's teeth have additionally been sent to prepare for defensive fortifications in occupied Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts,” the update reads.
Russia is fortifying its lines throughout areas of occupation, the report says, noting that on October 19, 2022, Wagner Group PMC owner Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed the construction of a fortified “Wagner Line” of defenses in Russian-occupied Luhansk region.
This activity suggests Russia is making a significant effort to prepare defenses in depth behind their current front line, “likely to forestall any rapid Ukrainian advances in the event of breakthroughs,” the update concludes.
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