Without the help of the US Armed Forces will not be able to protect against the offensive of the Russian army - isw

Analysts say that the current scheme of offensive operations of Russians enables the elements of units involved in less active actions, relax and update, while other units were able to relax and get reinforcements.

In the future, the ISW experts continue, the Russian army will be able to activate their efforts in another direction, which causes Ukrainian defenders to redistribute their own defense resources along the entire war zone, and also created some vulnerabilities that the Russian army can take advantage of its benefit. The ISW added that the Russian army began to create reserves of strategic and operational levels, which can support current offensive operations in Ukraine.

Most likely, it is a tool for maintaining the expected spring and summer offenses. However, the staff of the Institute doubts that these reserves will be able to act as the forces of penetration of the first echelon or operational forces of the second echelon, capable of carrying out large -scale mechanized attacks in 2024, as long as the Ukrainian military has the opportunity to counter them.

The Russian army could probably use these reserves in order to complete or strengthen existing formations and continue grueling attacks under the guidance of infantry with random limited throws of mechanized equipment in their chosen direction at key points.

However, if the US is delayed or not resumed with assistance to Ukraine, resulting in the Armed Forces, as before, the necessary artillery and, in particular, ammunition for air defense, Russian troops, even in spite of poor training and equipment, still, yet They will be able to successfully carry out the offensive. On April 13, it became known that during the summer offensive, the Russian army will seek not to capture new territories, but to crush the morale of Ukrainians.