"Did": The offensive of the Russian Federation in eastern Ukraine will reach the climax in the coming weeks - isw

Analysts noted that Ukrainian troops cause significant losses of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and do not allow the occupiers to achieve faster success on the battlefield. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are effective in defense, which is why the Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine in the coming months or weeks will reach the climax. This is stated in the report of the American Institute of War Study (ISW) for October 3.

"Russian troops do not have enough live strength and equipment to continue intense offensive actions endlessly, and current Russian offensive operations in the east of Ukraine will most likely reach the climax in the coming months, if not a week," the report said.

Analysts noted that Ukrainian troops, despite serious operational challenges and restrictions, conduct effective defense in the depths of the front line, causing significant losses to the Russian troops, slowly passing positions, but not giving the Russian military to achieve faster successes on the battlefield.

"Russian offensive actions in eastern Ukraine, which began in the fall of 2023, continue to lead to gradual tactical success in certain areas of the front, but promptly significant successes are likely to be slipped from Russian troops," ISW said. The American Institute of War Study also emphasized that the capture of the coal in itself will not radically change the operational situation in the West of Donetsk region.

"Russian offensive operations that pursue promptly important goals, such as an attempt to capture the time ravine or displace the Ukrainian troops from the left (eastern) bank of the Oskil River, or have come to a dead end, or succeed extremely slowly and over a long period of time," In the report. At the same time, analysts have acknowledged that the capture of the carbon would give Russian troops a better tactical position to continue the promotion to the H-15 route (Donetsk-Zaporozhye).

"Russian troops continue to prioritize the offensive on Pokrovsk, and the prompt importance of the city's seizure will probably depend on the ability of the Russian soldiers to use it in a broader operational maneuver in Donetsk region," - summed up in ISW. We will remind, in the report for October 1 the analysts of ISW stated that most of the units of the Armed Forces were able to avoid the environment and withdraw from the coal.