"Nothing Solved": Russia can try to capture Kharkiv in "months" - Newsweek

According to journalists, it is difficult to say whether Kharkiv will be a priority for Moscow, as this would have to delay resources from the Donbass. But the proximity to the border provides Moscow for better positioning and maintaining the offensive group. There is a question of how long the Armed Forces will be able to stay in Kharkiv on the background of delay with the supply of weapons from the United States.

Even if the help of Ukraine stops, Kharkiv admiration will still be a difficult task for the Russian Federation, but nothing has been solved yet, says Jacob Parakilas, who is engaged in research in the field of defense strategies of Rand Corporation. About it reports Newsweek. But given the fact that Kharkiv is located in the immediate vicinity of the Russian border, a "slow powerful attack" can lead to the fact that the Russian Federation will still occupy the city during "months".

According to the analyst, the proximity to the border provides Moscow for a better positioning and support of the offensive group. It is also important that the Ukrainian arsenal is now much larger than last year, he said. A few weeks before the projected Russian summer offensive, the need for ammunition and air defense increases. At the same time, the forces of Ukraine's defense are determined to defend Kharkiv without US military support.

This statement was made by the pressecretic of the Khortytsia troops of Colonel Andrei Zadubin. "But it will cost tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers," each tries to restrain the Russian army with the help of more equipment, he explained in a comment to journalists. Let it be difficult without American assistance, says the military, but there is no other choice: the Armed Forces have to stand to death.

The Kremlin may have an initiative on the battlefield, but it is still unable to apply all -military tactics effectively, Parakilas said. Soldiers are thrown into an attack that leads to a large number of losses. "The Russian military can afford more losses than Ukrainians," he said. At the same time, it is difficult to say whether Kharkiv will be a priority for Moscow, as this will have to delay the resources from the Donbass.

In the West, they doubt whether the Russian Federation will be able to run at the same time in the Donbass and in the Kharkiv region. "The main efforts of Russian murderers are concentrated in the Donbass. But we cannot exclude other options," Zakubin explained, adding that it is important to close the sky above the city. According to him, Kharkov's defense is extremely important, and the Russians should see that "we are ready to protect ourselves.

" "Our people need to understand that Ukraine is prepared in case the enemy tries to attack," he said. It should be reminded that, according to military expert Alexander Kovalenko, the invaders expect that residents of Ukraine will make the authorities go to peace talks under the conditions of the aggressor for the sake of water and electricity.