Russia is preparing an offensive on the city of Slavyansk (East of Ukraine) in an attempt to connect with its parts in the Donbas. Such data led the American Institute for War Research.
“The offensive of Russian troops from Izyum to Slavyansk will most likely become another turning point of the war in Ukraine,” says American analysts. At the same time, the capture of Slavs must be considered a minimum task.
If the Russians do not succeed, then efforts to seize the Donetsk and Lugansk regions are also likely in vain. And now it is clear that the promotion is practically not observed there, the Russian service BBC writes.
” The efforts of the Russian army on the set of reservists and an attempt to quit seriously shabby parts from the northeastern direction to the offensive in the east of Ukraine, hardly increase the chances of success, “the report of the Institute.