The Russian side realized that they would not be able to take the plant in Mariupol, and decided to move troops to strengthen in the Donbass.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a halt to the attack on the plant Azovstal in Mariupol, to withdraw part of the troops from the city and strengthen the grouping in the Donbass. This was announced on April 21 by Aleksey Arestovich, Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President.
“It means the following. They can’t physically take Azovstal, they understood it, they suffered huge losses there. Our defenders continue to hold him. But decline (in the storm Azovstal – ed.) can be explained by the fact that they moved part of their troops north to strengthen their forces, trying to carry out the main political task – to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions . I will say right away that they can’t do it, “the counselor stressed.
Arestovich also noted that the Russian army failed to advance in any direction in a day.
“This initial announcement of victories, without waiting for either Easter or May 9, shows that the Russians have realized the futility of their last active operation at this stage of the war,” he said.
According to the adviser to the head of the Office of the President, a positional war awaits Ukraine, which will not be crowned with victory for the Russian Federation.
Recall that Putin ordered the cancellation of attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Azovstal in Mariupol, calling it inappropriate.
At the same time, earlier the head of Chechnya, Ruslan Kadyrov, assured that the plant will be picked “before or after lunch” on April 21.
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Source: korrespondent
