The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation form a "strategic reserve" to support a massive offensive in Ukraine - ISW

The military command of the Russian invaders probably forms reserves capable of conducting large -scale mechanized storms of Ukraine's defense lines and achieving significant successes in military operations, provided that they will be fully ready and properly equipped. This was reported in the summary of the Institute of War Study of March 21.

"Powerful Strategic Reserves" of Russia can theoretically be able to act as the forces of the first echelon, the forces of penetration or operational forces of the second echelon, capable of conducting large -scale mechanized storms of Ukrainian defense lines and achieving promptly significant success if they are fully equipped and properly prepared. However, according to ISW, Russia will not create a strategic reserve capable of performing such functions, " - said in the message.

Experts note that publicly available sources are unclear which" strategic reserve "is formed by the Russian Federation. At the same time, analysts add to analysts at the same time. Russian personnel and material restrictions, probably, Russia will not use these "strategic reserves" as a cohesive formation for participation in hostilities in Ukraine, and instead use them as a "labor reserve" to replenish losses on the front line.

It will probably allow the Russian military to compensate for the losses in Ukraine without a significant operational pause between current local offensive actions of Russia this spring and the expected offensive of Russia in the summer of 2024, which, according to preliminary estimates of ISW, Russian troops are trying to avoid, " - added in the material.

The Chief of Lugansk Ova Artem Lisogor reported that Russian invaders increased the ground pressure on the Bigorivka of the Luhansk region, the Ukrainian defense forces reflected several attempts by the enemy's storms during the day. On March 13, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Alexander Sirsky stated that the situation on the front remains difficult. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian military managed to reduce the activity of Russian invaders.