Delaying US assistance plays in Russia's hand and allows it to win - isw

The Russians enjoy the advantage and slowly, but steadily move in several sections of the front. Since the beginning of this year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has captured more than 360 square kilometers - this is the size of the size of Detroit. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation emerge from the position war and begin to restore maneuver on the battlefield due to delays in providing Ukraine with US military assistance.

Now Ukraine cannot hold the current positions without rapid resumption of US assistance. This is stated in the report on April 16, the American Institute of War Study (ISW). The absence of air defense in the Armed Forces has led to the fact that Ukrainian advanced units are constantly attacking Russian aviation, and the Russian Federation uses it to promote armored columns. "The Russians enjoy the advantage and slowly, but steadily advanced in several sections of the front.

Since the beginning of this year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has captured more The dramatic achievements of Russia later in 2024 and 2025 and, after all, to the victory of Russia, " - written analysts. Significant delays in the provision of military assistance from the United States have already led to a lack of missiles in Ukraine and prevent the ability to adapt to Russian attacks.

All this forces Ukraine to make complex decisions on the distribution of air defense systems between the rear and front units, which causes the front troops to become more vulnerable to air attacks. Only the United States can provide Ukraine with air defense systems on the scale required for a significant increase in the capabilities of Ukrainian air defense.

ISW believes that the US has 2 options for further action - providing Ukraine with assistance to stabilize the front line, or to allow the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to win and advance to the borders of NATO from the Black Sea to Central Poland. "The American interests will now be much better in the future, if you restore the help of Ukraine now than to allow Russia to win," the analysts concluded.