The Russian army continues to suffer from poor leadership, low morale and poor logistics, the US insists.
The U.S. Department of Defense assessed the development of the Russian army in the Donbas as “minimal and best.” This was announced at a briefing on May 2 by a senior Pentagon official.
“They had little success east of Izyum and in Popasna, Lugansk region. But what we saw in Popasna was not much different from what we saw in other Donbass communities. They entered, declared victory, and then withdrew. their troops just to let the Ukrainians bring them back. So over the past two days there have been a lot of returns and meetings and repetitions, so I can say, at best, little progress in the Donbass, “the official said. US military.
According to him, the Russian army suffers from poor command, low morale and poor logistics.
“Despite all the lessons they are trying to learn, they still suffer from poor command and control, low morale in many units, far from perfect logistics. They still haven’t solved all their logistics problems, and in fact, there is the loss aversion, the risk-taking and the aversion to sacrifice that we continue to see in Russians, not only in the air but also on the ground.Very, very careful … very unevenly works they are on the ground … In some cases, honestly, the best word is anemia to describe it, ”a Pentagon spokesman said.
He also noted that the Ukrainian military during the counteroffensive pushed Russian troops back from Kharkov by 40 kilometers, no significant change was recorded in the southern direction, and Mariupol continued to be subjected to enemy air strikes.
Earlier it was reported that Russian troops were most active in the directions of Slobozhansky and Donetsk.
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Source: korrespondent
