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robatin Village is situated between two
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small cities in the zapara region tokmak
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and orov it's a little over 20 km from
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tokmak and slightly more than 10 km from
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orov to reach zapara you would need to
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cover approximately 70 km the highway
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from orov to tokmak where the village of
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robatin is located leads to melitopol
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the capital of the zapara region which
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is part of Ukraine robotin in principle
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it's just a settlement marked on the map
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but in reality there is no such
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settlement because there were such
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Fierce battles that only the remains of
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houses and destroyed structures are left
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a bit of digression in World War II
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Germans occupied this Village and then
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it was rebuilt now back to the subject
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it used to be a small community with
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approximately 480 people the community
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contained a school a kindergarten a club
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and a library robertine Main econom IC
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activity was agriculture so why is it so
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crucial that Russia and Ukraine are
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fighting for this territory as mentioned
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robotin is situated on a strategically
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important Road leading to tokmak from
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tokmak two important highways lead
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deeper into the region to melitopol and
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berans located on the coast of the Sea
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of aov Russian forces gained control of
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the village of robotin in March 20122
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shortly after the beginning of the
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operation which commenced on February
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24th in early September the Russian army
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tactically withdrew from the village of
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Robo team holding on to the bare plane
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does not seem reasonable so the units
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decided to withdraw to the hills active
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fighting here lasted almost 1 and a half
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months in total in the summer of 2023
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the Ukrainian Armed Forces regained the
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village of robertine area as part of a
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counter offensive leaving a 10x 10 10 km
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protrusion in the heart of Russian
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defenses they were able to partially
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overcome the first defenses of the
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defensive survin line which included
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concrete Dragon's Teeth the Surin line
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sometimes called the sakino oans
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defensive line is a strategic defensive
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position created by Russian forces in
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eastern Ukraine during the current
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Conflict by the end of 2023 The Village
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was referred to as the largest graveyard
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of tanks and armored vehicles of the
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21st century with within a 10 km radius
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Ukrainian forces lost more than 200
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Vehicles including around 150 tanks and
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armored personel carriers and mine
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resistant ambush protected Vehicles the
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Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to
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hold the village of Rabino in the zapia
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region at any cost recently Russian
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troops launched a Counterattack on
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robotin to destroy the ledge the Russian
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Armed Forces forced the final Ukrainian
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soldiers back beyond the cican line
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as per Vladimir rogov head of the
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zaparcia public movement robertine has
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become one of the hottest spots on the
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zapara front line right now Fierce
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battles are raging there including for
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the Village Center the initiative is in
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the hands of Russian Fighters with
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support from artillery and Frontline
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aircraft rogov added that Ukraine is
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putting up a tough fight employing
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multiple drones the battle for robotin
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is still ongoing with artillery being
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extensively utilized according to him if
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the Ukrainian armed forces are driven
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out of robotin and the robotin Salient
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is destroyed the Ukrainian Army's
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achievements throughout the so-called
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counter offensive which began in the
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zapara region in June of last year will
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come to an end 3 days earlier rogov
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informed ariosti that Ukrainian forces
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were deploying additional troops
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surrounding rapino in an attempt to
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maintain symbolic control over this
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village now should Ukraine waste so much
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resources for symbolism do let us know
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