The Russian military offensive near Vuhledar has failed, but the White House predicts more bloody fighting for Donbass in the spring.
The Russian “great offensive” has begun, but it is not going the way the invaders thought it would, as the Ukrainian defenders are repelling it forcefully. This was announced yesterday by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov.
“With a big offensive, they already have big problems. We can see what they planned and started their offensive,” he said.
The Kremlin deliberately did not announce this offensive due to the fact that Ukrainian troops were repelling the attack very strongly, Danilov said.
“The offensive they planned is gradual. But this is not the offensive they expected,” the NSDC secretary added.
The Defeat of the Elite Marines
Danilov’s words were confirmed by the unsuccessful attempt of the invaders to attack Ugledar in the Donetsk region. Over the weekend, a video of the destruction of a Russian convoy near the city went viral on social media.
According to the information of the 72nd Brigade of Black Cossacks, units of three brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine worked near Vuhledar. The defenders said that the attackers drove in several rows one after the other. Moreover, those traveling in second were not deterred by the fact that their colleagues at the front had disintegrated. They not only moved, but also gathered in a heap, which facilitated the work of the Ukrainian defenders.
“Vuhledar, Ukrainian chefs are preparing Pacific crucians,” the gunners of the 55th brigade commented on their work.
The defeat of Russian troops near Vuhledar was also confirmed by the Russian war criminal, the former “Minister of Defense of the DPR” Igor Girkin (Strelkov). He complained about the order and the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot at the RF Armed Forces with the help of artillery “as in a shooting range”.
Later, the Dutch website for defense analytics and military operations research Oryx reported that near Ugledar, the invaders lost 103 pieces of equipment in three days (February 8-10), including 36 tanks. And Politico, citing Aleksey Dmitrashkovsky, a spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces, said that Russia, as a result of this attack, probably completely lost the elite 155th Marine Brigade. It was noted that the brigade from Vladivostok was defeated, along with the command staff.
“The 155th brigade had to miss three times. The first time – after Irpin and Bucha, the second time – after the defeat near Donetsk. And now almost the entire brigade was destroyed near Ugledar,” the publication quoted Dmitrashkovsky saying .
According to him, 150-300 Russian marines were killed in this direction every day, and about 130 units of enemy equipment, including 36 tanks, were destroyed in a week.
“Meat Attacks”
Despite this, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine still predicts a military escalation in the Donbas due to the Russian offensive. At the same time, the strengthening of military operations of the Russian Federation in other directions is possible to divert the forces of the defenders.
“There will be an increase. The main goal is, in fact, the East and the Donbass,” said Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for GUR.
According to intelligence, Russian President Vladimir Putin has set the task for the military leadership to reach the administrative borders of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions by the end of March. However, Yusov explained, the Kremlin changed the terms several times.
“And this time they will not succeed,” believes the representative of GUR.
He recalled that the mobilization continues on the territory of Russia, now there are 300,000 occupiers in Ukraine. At the same time, according to Yusov, they are capable of launching only “meat attacks.”
“The most high-quality units, the most high-quality weapons have, in fact, been disabled or destroyed on the territory of Ukraine in the past year. And it will certainly not work to prepare an adequate replacement in terms of the level of training at this time,” said Yusov.
Will the war become more violent in the spring?
The White House generally believes that Russia’s major offensive has not yet begun. John Kirby, US presidential administration spokesman for national security affairs, said the Russian offensive today in Donbass is a red herring.
According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to take advantage of the winter to replenish supplies, rearm and resume offensive operations in the spring.
“But have we seen how it is taking shape now? I do not believe that we are at the point where we have seen all this in reality. But we are waiting for it, and, frankly, the Ukrainians are too, “said said Kirby.
A White House spokesman said the United States has increased military aid to Ukraine in recent weeks to prepare the Armed Forces for these spring conflicts.
“All this means that we expect that, again, as the weather improves, the fighting is likely to become more violent,” he concluded.
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Source: korrespondent
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