Want to capture 4 cities: in ISW ​​told in which direction of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will be coming (photo)

According to analysts, the enemy now has several scenarios on how the situation in the Donbass will develop. One of them involves promotion in the direction of Pokrovsk. Russian invaders continue to attempt to stabilize the performance of the front line northwest of Avdiivka in Donetsk region. Now the enemy can think about where to go on. This is stated in the report of the American Institute of War Study (ISW) of April 29.

According to analysts, the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can decide to step west to the city of Pokrovsk or try to go north for additional storms of the settlement of the time of Yar in the Donbass. Ukrainian officials, including the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Sirsky, called Pokrovsk the operational fortune of the invaders after Avdiivka. At the same time, there is an alternative scenario.

"Russian troops can make a decision to the north of their tactical breakthrough in the reed area of ​​the H-20 route (Donetsk-Konstantinovka) to put pressure on Ukrainian forces defending in the area of ​​Toretsk, and possibly on the operational rear of Ukrainian defense on West from time -ravine, " - the message reads. It is noteworthy that the enemy has been trying to take control of four major cities in Donetsk for a long time - Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka and Konstantinovka.

The time of the Yar for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is only prompt, because it will allow you to get a bridgehead for further offensive operations on Druzhkivka and Konstantinovka. Separate analysts added that the tactical promotion of enemy troops today is about 20 km south-west of Toretsk, about 18 km south of the next large settlement Alexander-Kalinovo and up to 28 km south of Konstantinovka. "The H-20 route will be serious and not fast.

However, the Russian command may decide to extend the attack west towards Pokrovsk, as there may be more opportunities for tactical achievements than in the north, as well as because ", - summed up in ISW. We will remind, on April 26 it was reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation accelerated the offensive in the area of ​​Avdiivka in the Donbass, as stated in British intelligence.