Shoigu significantly exaggerates the successes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine - ISW

The former Defense Minister of the Russian Federation declared on August 6 that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had seized 420 square kilometers of the Ukrainian territory since June 14, 2024. Former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who now holds the post of Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, has greatly exaggerated the successes of the Russian army in Ukraine. Shoiga stated that Russian troops seized 420 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory since June 14, 2024.

But this is not true. About it reports ISW. Experts of the Institute of War Study (ISW) found evidence confirming that Russian troops have seized about 290 square kilometers since June 14. This was the result of an active offensive of Russian troops in the Toretsky direction. The invaders were intensified on this area of ​​the front on the night of June 18 after they did not show activity in this direction since the beginning of 2024.

ISW has not observed great or prompt Russian success in the direction of Toretsk or Avdiivka since July 14, although it should be acknowledged that Russian troops have made some tactical success in these areas. "The Russian military command has repeatedly exaggerated Russia's territorial successes in Ukraine," ISW said.

Geolocation, published on August 5, show that Russian troops are moving locally in the Toretsk direction: literally, the battle lasts for each street in the northwest of the North (east of Toretsk). The units of the Russian 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade raised the Russian flag above the building on Gagarin Street in the northwest of New York (south of Toretsk), which indicates that Russian troops have recently advanced further within the settlement.

Russian sources claim that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation seized this settlement, but experts of ISW did not find a visual confirmation of this maximalist statement. It is noted that some Russian sources havetened to say that Russian troops could surround Ukrainian troops in the east of New York, but one Russian Milbloger has denied these statements and stated that Russian troops were moving in the area too slowly to surround Ukrainian troops.