Russians continue to conduct meaningless offensive operations in Donetsk instead of protecting vulnerable borders - isw

The invaders continue to conduct meaningless offensive operations near Donetsk and Bakhmut instead of focusing on defense against Ukrainian counter -offensives, the progress of which is ongoing. This is stated in the construction of the American Institute for War Research (ISW). It is noted that Russian troops continue to attack Bakhmut and various villages near Donetsk, which are only "emotional" for the inhabitants of the so -called "DNR".

Video of the day ISW writes that the occupiers direct some of the very limited reserves in Ukraine, for this purpose, not for vulnerable Russian defense borders, hurriedly erected along the Oskil River in the eastern part of Kharkiv region.

"Russians cannot count on large -scale successes in the Bakhmut or Donetsk area to disrupt Ukrainian counter -offenses, and it seems that almost automatic consolidation efforts in Donetsk region, which seem to be more and more detached from the general realities of the military theater," the analysts add.

The Institute of War Study also indicates that Russia's inability to send large -scale reinforcements to the eastern part of the Kharkiv and Luhansk region makes most of Russia occupied by Russia in the northeast of Ukraine extremely vulnerable to Ukrainian counter -offensives. The Russians may have decided not to "defend" the area, despite the repeated statements of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin that the purpose of a special military operation is to "liberate" Donetsk and Luhansk regions.