Russian forces’ ground offensive in eastern Ukraine could soon weaken. At least that’s what American military experts expect. The peak will be reached in the coming weeks or months, after which the pace will slow, the Institute for War Studies (ISW) wrote.
The reason given by the observers was that reserves had been exhausted. The army must divide its forces between the attacks in the Donbass, the stalled offensive in the Kharkov region and the defense of Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region. “Russian armed forces do not have the personnel and materials to sustain intensive offensive efforts on a sustained basis,” the ISW report said.
The Russian advance has been ongoing since October 2023, when the Ukrainian summer offensive in the south came to a halt. Recently, Russian troops have been gaining ground at an increasingly rapid pace. The Ukrainian army had to abandon the long-defended Vuhledar outpost in the Donetsk region. According to the ISW, no strategically significant breakthrough has been achieved at the front so far.
Defender exhausted
At the same time, US military experts argued that Ukrainian defenses were also exhausted. The Ukrainian General Staff reported 142 attempted Russian attacks on Thursday, including 30 towards the embattled city of Pokrovsk.
Attack on nuclear power plant employees
A security guard at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant was murdered in southern Ukraine (see video above). According to Russia’s State Investigative Committee, a hidden explosive detonated while the man was in his car. Ukrainian military intelligence confirmed the attack and called the dead man a collaborator. He took part in reprisals against nuclear power plant employees loyal to Ukraine.
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, has been occupied by Russian forces since March 2022. The six reactors are standing still, but still need to be cooled and maintained. There have been repeated explosions in and around the plant, for which both sides blame the other
Source: Krone
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