Winter will slow down the ground fighting in Ukraine, but the coming weeks will be critical as the Russians try to avoid collapse.
Experts say the war in Ukraine, which has seemed slow and agonizing for months, will flare up again as winter approaches. The conflict is moving towards an unpredictable new phase. The American edition of CNN writes about this, citing the opinion of Keir Giles, senior researcher at the Chatham House program for Russia and Eurasia.
According to him, the turning point of the war was the explosion on the Crimean bridge, which “struck the mind of the Russians and gave Ukraine a significant strategic impetus.” The expert expects ground fighting to slow down due to the winter frost, so the next few weeks of the war will be crucial.
“What seemed like a distant prospect of anything convincingly called a Ukrainian victory has now become more plausible. Russia’s reaction is likely to escalate further,” Giles said.
In turn, Samir Puri, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, noted that the occupying forces of the Russian Federation are “playing the whistle.” That is, the enemy army is trying to “avoid the collapse of its front line before the onset of winter.” According to him, if the front line does not go through significant changes before Christmas, then it will be a big victory for Putin’s troops.
It will be recalled that earlier the commander of the US Ground Forces in Europe in 2014-2018, retired General Ben Hodges, said that in the winter it will be more difficult for the Russians who are poorly equipped and less trained than the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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