“The military command of the Russian Federation demonstrates that it is ready to participate in operations that can last up to nine months, probably going out of the assumption or direct knowledge that Putin does not intend to end the war in Ukraine in the near future.”, – WRITE: www.ukrinform.ua
The military command of the Russian Federation demonstrates that it is ready to participate in operations that can last up to nine months, probably going out of the assumption or direct knowledge that Putin does not intend to end the war in Ukraine in the near future.
Analysts point out that Russian troops gradually, since the winter of 2023-2024, are working to displace the Ukrainian forces from the eastern bank of the Oskil River. Kupyansk’s surroundings will almost certainly be a multi-month operation, which will require Russian troops to close the break of 25-30 kilometers wide, as well as forge and maintain logistics across the Oskil River and capture small settlements in its path. Currently, Russian troops are at a distance of 30 and 35 kilometers from the Great Burluk from the nearest offensive point in Kupyansk and Vovchansky directions, respectively, and Russian troops can spend from six months to a year to a slow but confident promotion to Great Burluk.
“The Russian command does not seem to be concerned about the speed or sequence of its promotion in Ukraine, probably because it believes that the war will continue until Russia is defeating Ukraine,” analytics say.
They emphasize that the Russian military spent four months on the seizure of Avdiivka, and most of 2024 worked on alignment of the front line in the west of Donetsk region, and for the last three years have been trying to seize the rest of the territory promotion.
Read also: Trump on negotiations with Putinim about the termination of war in Ukraine: I think we will do something really important The report states that Putin has previously formulated his “theory of victory”, which assumes that the Russian military will be able to continue gradual, creeping promotion in Ukraine, and repeatedly indicated that he was not interested in solving the war on any conditions except those that He dictates.
“The Russian command takes into account these statements and is probably a logical conclusion that Putin is not interested in the end of the war and intends to continue to fight until he reaches his goals in Ukraine, which is to overthrow the current Ukrainian government and complete destruction of the Ukrainian army.
According to Ukrinform, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeated its position that the Russian-Ukrainian war should be completed by negotiations in which both parties have to concede.