The Armed Forces increased the number of storms: the ISW does not exclude the preparation of the Kremlin for the massive offensive

On March 30, a battalion Russian mechanized attack took place near the village of Toneyke west of Avdiivka, during which the occupiers could use at least 12 BMPs and 36 tanks. Russian troops have increased the scale and the number of mechanized ground storms in certain sections of the front. The Institute of War Study (ISW) reported details in April 3. All the theater of fighting records the activation of Russian mechanized storms.

The forces of defense repelled the major Russian attack in the estuary. Ukrainian troops, as evidenced by geolocation, damaged or destroyed several Russian armored vehicles east of the village of Terny. On March 30, a battalion Russian mechanized attack took place near the village of Toneyke to the west of Avdiivka. In this attack, Russian troops attracted at least 12 BMPs and 36 tanks. The defense forces managed to destroy 78 BMPs and 12 enemy tanks.

The ISW believes that along the entire line of the Front of the Russian Federation, only one other mechanized attack of such a scale since the beginning of the Russian campaign to capture Avdiivka in October 2023, which also took place near Terns on January 20. The occupiers, as noted by analysts, can activate mechanized attacks before the period of the onset of spring with marshmother, which complicates the further wage of the maneuverable war.

The report states that Russian troops can also activate mechanized attacks. This will allow them to use the lack of Ukrainian material resources before the new expected Western assistance in the field of security. Konstantin Mashovets, a Ukrainian military observer, stated that there are two groups of Russian troops in the south of Ukraine. According to him, in the southern part and in the occupied Crimea, there are additionally 13.