Russia’s summer offensive in his war against Ukraine, unleashed more than three years ago, did not achieve any of its key goals but progress slowly in parts of the front, according to Ukrainian officials and international analysts, who warn that now They are regrouping and preparing for more massive attacks.
The study of war (ISW) reported that Russian activity is intensifying near Pokrovsk, Dobropillia, Kramorsk and Siversk. “Ukrainian officials warned that the Russian military command is regrouping and strengthening its troops in the west of Donetsk’s both, probably before an important offensive operation,” they said.
Meanwhile, Deepstate, a Ukrainian analytical platform that provides daily updates of the battlefield map, pointed out that 1,587 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory have been captured by Russia in the last three months. AND Most Russian infantry attacks, 33%, were target the city of Pokrovskin the Donetsk region, according to analysts.
“The decision of the Russian military command to redistribute more forces in the Dobropilya area suggests that Russia could continue focusing on offensive efforts to the northeast of Pokrovsk,” said the ISW. “The Russian forces are also trying to intercept the main terrestrial lines of Ukrainian communication (GOC) in the west of the Donetsk region to complicate Ukrainian logistics and allow new Russian advances during future offensive efforts in the Donetsk region,” he added.
The United Kingdom’s intelligence services indicated last week that the Russian Army has “reduced” its offensive activities in the Ukrainian provinces of Járkov and Sumi due to the “Relocation of elements to other points of the front line“, before the intensification of the offensive in Donetsk.
“The relocation of forces is most likely part of an attempt to increase pressure on priority axes, including Donetsk province,” he said. He added that “open sources indicate that the Ukrainian forces carried out in the last days counterattacks successful to the west of Kupiansk, an important logistics knot in Járkov” around which Russia had achieved “significant progress” during the last month.
On the other hand, they emphasized that Pokrovsk’s axis remains the “priority” for Moscow and “the focus of the greatest proportion of Russian assaults, in relation to the rest of the front.” “The Russian forces are using several assault methods, including saturation attacks with motorcycles and attacks in small groups to try to infiltrate Ukrainian positions,” he settled.
