The offensive of the Armed Forces already undermines the plans of "referendums" and disorganizes the occupiers: a map of hostilities and ISW assessments

Its analysts remind that Ukrainian troops seek to undermine the rear resources of the army of the Russian Federation in the south, "inflicting point blows on the clusters of living power and equipment, command centers and logistics units", that the Ukrainian side confirms officially. Video Day, these counter -offensive actions of the Armed Forces have a deliberate impact on the steps of the occupation "power", states ISW.

Thus, the collaborator Cyril Stremousov, who heads the occupation regime in the Kherson region, said that preparation for the "referendum" on annexation for "security" was suspended in the region. Shortly after TASS Russian Agency published this comment by Stramousov, he hurriedly refuted his calls for pause for the preparation of a pseudo -referendum - they say, since the occupation "authorities" never announced his official date.

"Both statements by Stramousov indicate a high level of disorganization within the occupation regimes, which is probably exacerbated by the consequences of the counter -offensive," writes ISW analysts. "The Ukrainian forces intend to gradually cut off Russian tactical and operational opportunities in the Kherson region, which will probably affect the administrative and bureaucratic capabilities of occupation officials.

" The experts of the Institute of War Study also drew attention to the statement of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, who publicly supported the fighters of the quasi -Rarespublics "L/DNR" on September 5. ("I just impress these people, including those who fight for their" homeland "on the front country. These are not professional military, two buildings formed from locals, they fight better than professionals. They fight very courageously, very bravely and very bravely and Effective ”).

Putin's comments about the so -called. The 1st and 2nd Army Corps (formed from DNR and LNR fighters respectively), "probably aimed at promoting the recruitment and formation of forces in DNR and LNR, experts of ISW suggest Still - to distract from the coverage of hostilities in the south of Ukraine in the Russian media space.