The Russian army does not have enough reserves for simultaneous large-scale offensives in several directions.
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Over the past six to eight months, the occupiers have accumulated more than 60 thousand people in operational and strategic reserves. However, these reservists are not properly trained or equipped. Previously, the enemy used reservists to replenish and strengthen units conducting offensive attacks. This is discussed in a new report from the American Institute for the Study of War.
ISW believes that Russian reserves at the operational and strategic levels are unlikely to be prepared to act as first-tier penetration forces or second-tier exploitation forces capable of conducting effective large-scale combined arms attacks. Also, these forces are not enough to launch large-scale offensives in several directions.
Russian military commanders will likely be forced to choose one primary action during the expected summer offensive if they intend to use those reserves to support a large-scale offensive operation, experts say.
Let us recall that the American Institute for the Study of War said that the Russian army at the end of May carried out four mechanized attacks with companies and smaller units in several operational directions in the Donetsk region to test the reaction of Ukraine.
Source: Racurs
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