Not the release of territories. In ISW ​​named the primary purpose of the Armed Forces counter -offensive in the south

The purpose of the Armed Forces counter -offensive in the south is not the return of the captured territories. It is about degradation of the Russian army. About it writes the American Institute of War Study (ISW). The institute noted that the words of Alexei Arestovich coincide with their conclusions about the counter -offensive.

They believe that the counter -offensive will not lead to the rapid return of the occupied territories, but the Armed Forces seek to violate all the logistics units of the invaders, which will reduce their military potential.