The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation entered the Dnipropetrovsk region: can Ukraine stop the offensive - the Telegraph

For the first time, Moscow declared an attack on the Dnipropetrovsk region in early June, writes The Telegraph throughout the summer of the Russian Federation only two villages at the junction with the Donetsk region, which testifies to the extremely slow pace of promotion. Deepstatmap resource records that the Russians have established control of Zaporizhzhya and Novogeorgiivka, but the Ukrainian command emphasizes: battles there continue and talk about full occupation prematurely.

Dnipropetrovsk region is not only an industrial and mining center of Ukraine, but also a region that has still avoided land fighting, explained the analyst. According to Clark, the breakthrough of Russian troops can have strategic consequences here: distracting the Ukrainian forces from Donbass, where heavy fighting continues, as well as undermine the economy of Ukraine tied to industry in the Dnieper.

"The fact that the Russians have moved to another area indicate that they intend to seize more than five annexed areas," he said. According to Clark, the Dnipropetrovsk region can become a bridgehead for further promotion of the invaders to the West, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine may reflect the offensive, although it may distract the already limited resources from other important areas of the front line.

The analyst also commented on the opinion of some experts who have suggested that due to the peculiarities of the terrain of the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation could be relatively rapidly advanced by the region. Clark expressed doubts about this. Despite local successes, the Russian army does not demonstrate the ability to break a large -scale breakthrough, and each promotion is given at the cost of large losses.

"Every time Russia conquers an important position, it has to stop to regroup, because it reaches it with a huge price. The troops are difficult to move in every direction, and every great success is followed by a great pause," the expert emphasized. We will remind, the People's Deputy Marian Bezugla responded to the situation around two settlements of Dnipropetrovsk region, and accused the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces.