Prepare to capture Pokrovsk: Russian troops carry out two tactical operations - isw
"The Russian military command is probably seeking both of these tactical goals before starting more efforts to capture Pokrovsk himself," the report reads. It is about: analysts have explained that the army of the Russian Federation is trying to maintain the pace of promotion along the line of Novogrodivka-Grodivka to quickly capture Mirnograd and surround Ukrainian positions between Mirnograd and Grodivka.
Russian troops can try to fight directly through Ukrainian defensive positions along the Novogrodivka-Grodivka line, despite high losses to maintain the pace of promotion and try to capture Mirnograd faster. Russian efforts to capture Mirnograd do not exclude the promotion of Russian troops to the eastern suburbs of Pokrovsk, and the Russian military will probably pursue these tactical goals in tandem.
ISW noted that the promotion of Russian troops to Selidovoy, as well as in the direction of Ukrainian and Minek, probably aim to eliminate a relatively large Ukrainian speech on the southern region in the direction of Pokrovsk, which can threaten Russian offensive in the area.
Ukrainian positions to the east of the Selidove-Ukrainian-Girnyk line give Ukrainian troops the opportunity to threaten Russian Tymes in the direction of Pokrovsk, and the Russian military command is likely to be concerned that Ukrainian counterattages and fire can disrupt Russian offensive efforts, since Russian troops are launching logistics. And the concentration of forces to the West to support the effort of the offensive on Pokrovsk itself.
The Russian military command is also probably seeking to expand and stabilize the southern flank of the Russian group in the area to prevent threats from the Ukrainian forces. Analysts emphasized that Ukrainian counterattacks in the direction of Avdiivka could threaten the environment of the Russian group, deployed at the speech, and the Russian military command probably seeks to prevent such an opportunity by eliminating the Ukrainian speech on the southern flank of the Pokrovsky direction.
"The calculations of the Russian military command about what preparatory actions are necessary to start offensive operations on the city of Pokrovsk and how Russian troops will try to seize the city, probably depend on where the Ukrainian forces will decide to resort to considerable defensive efforts," the Institute said. We will remind, in the ISW report on August 28, analysts indicated that hundreds of Russian military facilities remain at the distance of the defeat of ATACMS missiles.