According to the Pentagon, the Russians now have 92 battalion task forces in eastern and southern Ukraine, and more on parts of the Russian border.
Russia is a few days late on schedule for a military offensive in eastern Ukraine. This was announced on Friday, April 29, by a senior Pentagon official, The New York Times wrote.
According to the source, the Russian Federation is behind schedule for its offensive in the Donbas due to stiff resistance and ongoing supply problems.
“Today Moscow has 92 battalion groups fighting in the east and south of Ukraine. This is more than 85, as last week, but still less than the 125 it used in the first phase of the war. Each The battalion group has from 700 to 1,000 soldiers, ”the official said.
He stressed that the Russian military has begun to rush, and this shows, in particular, that some of the dozens of battalion groups that fought in Mariupol have been re-deployed to participate in the larger battles taking place in the northeast. of the Donbass.
The official also noted that during the massive war, many Russian battalions suffered severe losses and were withdrawn from Russian territory. Later, the Russian military hurriedly replenished supplies and strengthened the battalions.
“As a result, many of the units did not return to combat at full force,” he said.
According to a Pentagon official, Russian forces are now far from their goal of encircling thousands of Ukrainian troops.
He also added that the Russian military continues to create conditions for a long and large -scale offensive.
According to him, Russia is trying to build a ring on the battlefield that can be closed and surrounded by Ukrainian troops fighting on the front lines.
He admitted that in their short-term goal, the occupiers sought to occupy territory east of the imaginary line between Kharkov and Donetsk.
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Source: korrespondent
