"The offensive has stopped in general": What is Russia's biggest problem at the front - The Telegraph

The offensive, started in May, but planned for the winter, extends from the northern border regions of Sumy and Kharkiv regions to the Donetsk region and Dnipropetrovsk region, where Russian troops try to break through for the first time. The Russian side has increased human resources in the winter, improving tactics and improving the coordination of missile punches and shelling of drones. In May, the enemy army was rapidly moving, winning an average of 5.

5 square miles a day (about 14 square meters) - twice as much as in April, according to Deepstate. In particular, in the Donetsk region there were breakthroughs, especially between Pokrovsk and Konstantinovka, two key goals of Moscow. But a few weeks after the start of the campaign, the pulse went out.

If Russian troops are able to capture Konstantinovka, a critically important logistics knot of Ukraine, it will take the way for attacks on Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, which will bring Putin a step towards control of all Donbass. "The Russians now do not really have the opportunity to start something new and excellent. The summer offensive will be simply a continuation of what they did in the spring," says Angelica Evans, an analytics on Russia on the Institute of War Study (ISW).

In the Sumy direction, Russian troops seem to have stopped completely. Ukraine reflected part of the territory. Meanwhile, Pavel Narozhny, Ukrainian military analyst from Sumy, stressed that the main purpose of Russia in the region was a young man, which is located directly on the road connecting Russia with the center of Sumy. If Russia manages to capture the city, it will then move to neighboring villages on the edge of the large forest.

The Narozhny says that it will be a "catastrophe" for Ukraine, adding: "The forest leads directly to the city of Sumy, so if they manage to transfer the artillery to Yunakivka and into the forest, they will be able to get to the city of Sumy with artillery. " Despite heavy fighting, Ukraine managed to slow down the advance of the Russians. The Russian Federation sends thousands of poorly trained soldiers to lead the offensive - this trend is observed throughout the front line.

"The Russian offensive has stopped in general . . . They have an advantage in human resources and drones, but their infantry is very poorly trained, if it is trained at all," says the senior Ukrainian military, who is fighting in Kupyansk. Recall that on the night of June 29, Russia struck a combined blow in Ukraine with the use of winged, ballistic and hypersonic missiles, as well as Shakhad UAVs. It was possible to destroy 475 goals.