"Will threaten both Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia": in ISW ​​explained how Putin can use a truce

To spread: analysts emphasized that Moscow is building a motorway and a railway, which should connect large cities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine with Russia. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can use a 30-day truce to prepare for the forcing of the Dnieper River, since Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to give up his ambitions against Ukraine. This is stated in the report of the American Institute for War Study (ISW).

"The Russian troops on the Dnieper could use a truce to prepare for an extremely difficult task of unobstructed river forcing, which would significantly increase the likelihood of success in this operation," the report reads. Analysts have explained that Russian troops are on the opposite of Kherson by the Bank of the Dnieper: about 25 kilometers from Zaporozhye and 30 kilometers from Kharkiv.

"The stop of a well -prepared large mechanized offensive in the cold is an extremely rare phenomenon in the war, which means that the restoration of Russian offensive is likely to be almost instantly threatened by both Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, and key cities of Donetsk" Fortress Belt " occupied territories of Ukraine with Russia, which will strengthen the ability of the Russians to provide the necessary weapons and materials in the event of the future Russian offensive in the south of Ukraine.

Russia) over 2100 kilometers in length, "the report said. The ISW emphasized that the Kremlin's constant requirements to give way to the unocal in Ukrainian territories indicate that Putin remains" devoted to these territorial goals, despite negotiations that continue. " We will remind, in the previous report analytics ISW stated that the Kremlin is trying to disrupt negotiations about a 30-day truce.