Putin is more important to keep the occupied south of Ukraine, not Luhansk region - isw (photo)

This is stated in the new report of the ISW War Study of October 1. Analyzing fierce fighting in the north of Donetsk and Liman's liberation, experts concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a major rate to the south of Ukraine. Moreover, as it is in the ISW report, the failure of the Russian army in the Lyman direction also indicates that the Kremlin's head is involved in the management of troops.

Despite the liberation of the Liman, Russia does not strengthen its position in the Luhansk region, hoping to keep the previously occupied territories in the south of Ukraine. "The Armed Forces continued to strengthen the Russian positions in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, despite the recent collapse of the Kharkiv-Izum Front and even at a time when Russian positions were humiliated near the Liman. The decision did not strengthen the vulnerable lines of the front in Kupyansk and Liman.

not military command. Putin is much more cares about the maintenance of strategic territories in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions than about the Luhansk region, "the analysts continued in their report. The ISW document also drew attention to an attempt to break the Ukrainian defense in northern Kharkiv region. Analysts, quoting the General Staff of the Armed Forces, note that the Russian DRG began a battle near the Cossack Lopani, but because of the fire resistance was forced to retreat.

Such attacks are associated with the fact that Vladimir Putin wants to restore the "status quo" in the Kharkiv direction and is ready to seize new territories to send reserve forces, which, for their part, came in handy to reflect the counter-offensive of Ukraine in Luhansk region. We will remind, in the evening on October 1 the operational command "East" confirmed that the units of the Armed Forces entered the Liman of Donetsk region.