The Armed Forces destroyed the assault group in the Ulakhli: such battles serve as a Trump pressure lever - Forbes

With the help of artillery and unmanned blows, the Armed Forces repeated the attack of Russian troops in the settlement of Ulakla and the surrounding area. Tivaz artillery drones recorded about 10 destroyed and abandoned Russian vehicles. A failed attack, one of several in the southeastern part of Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine in the last days, can serve as a signal of the failure of the Russian offensive in the area. Political consequences can be significant.

Two weeks ago, the Russians were on the move. They have just knocked out the Ukrainian Operational and Strategic Group "Khortytsia" from the Greater Novosilka, a few kilometers from the settlement of Ulakla, and were ready to chase the retreat Ukrainians and potentially achieve a breakthrough in the area where the Donetsk region borders with Zaporizhzhya. Now the Russian breakthrough seems unlikely.

"Exhausted with losses and intense fights for the last month, the enemy will not be able to quickly pursue the" Khortytsia ", whose units are retreating from the Great Novosilka," the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies explained. The Russians have suffered heavy losses along the border of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya regions and lack troops and equipment. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation turns away resources from the southern part of Donetsk region.

"The enemy will not be able to break into the Zaporizhzhya or Dnipropetrovsk regions, as they do not have the necessary troops, means and resources," - they evaluated in the COS. "The plan of collapse of the Southern Ukrainian Front and the promotion to Zaporozhye is impossible," the analytical group said.

US Presidential Administration Donald Trump has threatened to stop Ukraine's support if the Ukrainian government does not agree to the Trump scheme to demand minerals for $ 500 billion, the newspaper notes. At the same time, Trump is reportedly considering withdrawing US troops from NATO countries that border on Russia. Ukraine-and Europe in general-has encountered the prospect that 80-year-old US security support can suddenly stop.

Vladimir Putin should be in the most strong position to demand huge territorial concessions in exchange for the cessation of a full -scale invasion. But Russia does not win on the battlefield in Ukraine. Where Russian troops succeed, promotion is usually measured in meters - and can cost whole infantry mouths with dozens of soldiers. "The Russian military has failed objectively. And they have no strength to ever move away from their level of loss.

At the same time, the Russian Federation can win the negotiation table if for some reason Ukraine concerns US pressure to end the war on conditions that are advantageous Russia. Fortunately for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy understands political dynamics and still refuses to give up.

Publicly waste of Trump's praise, as well as decisively refusing to sign a disadvantageous exploitative memorandum for mineral production, Zelensky "still negotiated very well", according to Tatarimami, the founder of the Ukrainian Frontelligence Insight analytical group. Well -armed with its own industry, European allies and the administration of former US President Joe Biden, "Ukraine has enough money to finance the whole of 2025 and part of 2026.

They have enough weapons and ammunition to hold most of 2025, and with the help of other countries (Plus this money) They will be able to fight until 2025 without problems, " - summed up the perpetua. Therefore, Zelensky can afford Trump not to politely "no" while Russian troops are undergoing hundreds of losses daily. Zelensky can wait for peaceful conditions that will be really beneficial to Ukraine.