The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will not stop storms despite the low moral spirit: in ISW ​​called the reason

The Russians stopped using massive front attacks and moved to the use of smaller infantry groups. Despite the exhaustion and lack of rotations, the enemy continues the fighting on the new borders near Avdiivka, the ISW analysts began. The attacks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the east are unlikely to end in the near future, despite problems with the low combat spirit. This was reported by analysts of the Institute of War Study in the daily report on April 16.

According to the spokesman of the National Guard Ruslan Muzychuk, in the east the enemy stopped using large units for attacks, but instead he storms in groups, broken into two detachments, strengthened by armored vehicles. In addition, the occupiers use small -sized equipment without protecting in order to quickly approach Ukrainian positions and create the conditions for the next infantry group to ensure the safety of these positions.

He said that Ukrainian unmanned aircraft destroyed about 70% of Russian armored vehicles. Analysts noted that it is unclear whether it was a destroyed or temporarily disrupted equipment. Oleg Kalashnikov, the Presofiter of the 26th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that in the Bakhmut direction the Russians do not carry out ground attacks with a battalion, because Ukrainian drones immediately detect them. Instead, the enemy involves the maximum of mouth groups.

He stressed that the occupiers have a low moral spirit, and the command also uses barriers to prevent the soldiers to retreat. Analysts noted that the Russian military used to use massive front attacks with the help of infantry, in particular during the capture of Bakhmut and at the beginning of attempts to attack Avdiivka, but recently the enemy became the use of smaller infantry groups.

According to Russian sources, the invaders were exhausted and had no rotation, but they still had to continue the fighting on the new borders west of Avdiivka. "ISW has previously evaluated how low the moral spirit and exhaustion of the Russians influenced the prospects of Russian offensive operations, but the current material lack of Ukraine can complicate the Ukrainian forces from the Russian forces - even those that are depleted and unmotivated," the statement said.

Analysts have added that the opportunities of the Russian Federation could be expanded to use Ukrainian vulnerable places due to lack of equipment of the Armed Forces. We will remind, on the evening of April 15 analysts reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced near four settlements in Donetsk region. It is a reed, Berdychi, Staromayorsk and Krasnogorivka.