Ukraine is and must remain on the defensive. Clearing Russian trenches, booby traps, and obstacles is a waste of scarce manpower and other resources. The same is true of propaganda flag raisings. The only flag raising that matters in war is the last one. Borrow or build Albanian bunkers. If a small country like Albania can do it, so can Ukraine. Also, Albania is about a 1-day drive from Kyiv.
Let the Russians try to weather a storm of steel like this:
Or this:
Dropping leaflets and using sound trucks would work better for getting Russian troops to surrender.
Offering young Ukrainian men who fled the chance to return and make fortifications would make the country much easier to defend.
I should add that concrete bunkers (especially camouflaged ones) are a much better defense against artillery and drones than trenches, barbed wire, or sandbags.
Russia uses a simple yet costly tactic - they send out a squad or platoon with a small amount of ammo while officers in the rear observe how far they get before they are fired upon by Ukrainian troops. Then they use that location info to fire artillery at those same Ukrainian troops.
Remember that many if not most Ukrainian soldiers are in their 40s. Men that old often have a hard time keeping up with the physical demands of soldiering.
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