Almost nowhere has come up: the offensive of the Russian Federation fades along the entire front line in Ukraine - ISW
The chairman of the reservists of the Land Forces of Ukraine Ivan Timochko said on April 8 that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are fighting throughout the front line, but Russia's offensive potential continues to decline, and the current Russian attacks are focused on distractions counter -offensive, " - the analysts of the institute reported.
It is noted that the Russian army cannot move seriously on any section of the front, and the pace of attacks in Bakhmut and its surroundings decreased in one sections, while others remained completely in place. The Armed Forces also reported that the Russian offensive on Avdiivka "choked", and despite the fact that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation completely destroyed the city of Marinka in Donetsk region, they still do not control it.
Russian bloggers, for their part, also emphasize that the speed of Russian offensive operations along the entire line of the front of Avdiivka-Donetsk has decreased, and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation try to advance at least somewhere. "The dynamics of artillery on the battlefield in Ukraine reflects the fact that Russian troops use artillery to compensate for their degraded offensive potential," the message reads.
Thus, in the DNR, according to the Institute, they stated that the release of shells on the front of the front, where there are no active offensive actions.
"High demand for shells indicates that Russian forces are still largely relying on artillery to compensate for key shortcomings in combat capacity, including poor skills Ammunition in Russia will undermine the ability of the Russian military to continue to compensate for their other shortcomings and restrictions, " - say the analysts of the institute. For their part, Ukrainian defenders save shells, determining the priority of goals and using them a third less than Russian forces.
"The Ukrainian forces are more accurate in aiming, but also probably benefit from defense on most areas - offensive operations usually require high artillery," ISW reports. Recall that Ukraine has lost three times less equipment than Russia during the year. According to Oryx, Russia has lost 10 004 military equipment in Ukraine, including 1928 tanks, 2281 BMPs, 12 ships. The Armed Forces "Strofey" were 2834 units of enemy equipment.