Due to the failure in the battle for the coal: military capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation now in question - NYT
This is doubt that Russia is able to restore and maintain stable large -scale terrestrial offenses. About it reports The New York Times, analyzing the situation at the front. Journalists write that the battle for coal was seen as an initial step in the expected spring offensive of the Russians, it continues since the end of January, but the scale of Moscow's losses is only beginning to manifest itself.
In recent weeks, Russia has sent tens of thousands of soldiers to the area of hostilities, many of which have been inexperienced recruits. According to the Western military, most of the Russian army is already fighting in Ukraine. At the same time, battles for carbon were expensive both in the form of losses and in the form of a huge number of ammunition, which it spent to reflect a large number of land troops of Russia.
After the unsuccessful attack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the city in November, Moscow appealed to the mobilized recruits to replenish their ranks. But military analysts believe that these troops had only a minimal level of training, and is probably insufficient to carry out a serious organized offensive. In addition, in the coal, the Russians encountered another problem - HIMARS.
Because of this, the Russian command was forced to place high concentrations of forces more than 80 km from the front. Because of this, it was difficult to attack quickly or suddenly. We will remind, on February 13 the media reported that the Armed Forces under the carbon destroyed the elite brigade of the Marines of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.