Almost 2,000 tanks and 300,000 people: the Russian Federation is preparing for a "brutal" offensive in the Donbass - the media
According to the Ukrainian military, Russia began to dug in the east of Ukraine and prepared 1,800 tanks, 3 950 armored vehicles, 2 700 artillery systems, 810 Soviet reactive systems of Grad and Smerch -Tornal Affairs, 400 fighters and 300 personnel for the East. Ukraine. According to an unnamed Ukrainian official, it is expected that in the next 10 days the armed forces of the Russian Federation will go into a "brutal offensive" in the Donbass.
It is worth noting that some military analysts consider a figure of 300,000 soldiers a little overpriced, but everyone agrees that the number of troops is much higher than the invasion force that was used at the beginning of a full -scale invasion of February 24, 2022. According to US military experts, almost 200,000 soldiers of the Russian Federation have been killed or injured in battles in Ukraine.
Russian military analyst from Rand Corporation Dara Massiko told, to gross attacks "waves of living power of Russia, to greatly deplete Ukrainian armed forces, which are now forced to resist much more denser Russian presence. " Many components that were present that allowed to carry out successful Ukrainian counter , no longer present. The lines became thicker. They replaced them. They dug, "Massko said.
Although there are no signs that Putin retreats from his common purpose - the full capture of Ukraine, analysts and Ukrainian officials expect that against the backdrop of combat outbreaks in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, offensive actions will be concentrated in the East of Ukraine We will remind.
On February 8, analysts from the Institute of War Study reported that Russian troops had taken the initiative in Ukraine and started another big offensive in the Luhansk region, but still had no much success. Earlier, February 7, BBC wrote that in addition to the capture of Lugansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine President Vladimir Putin wants to expand the land corridor to the Crimea. It is assumed that the Russian forces will try to reach Zaporozhye from the south.