Luring Ukraine from the South: US Think Tank: Russia May Plan Divergent Attack

Attractive Ukraine from the south
US think tank: Russia may plan diversionary attack

08/14/2022, 08:48 am

Ukraine is preparing for a counter-offensive in the south of the country. To slow this down, Russia may want to provoke new wars in the east. So the battles could distract from the defeats of the past few days.

That American Institute for War Studies (ISW) holds a new Russian Attack on Donbass A Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south of the country could be reduced. The Russian military has significantly scaled back its attacks near Siwersk in the northeast of Donetsk region since early August, the think tank said in its latest study. However, since August 11, significantly more attacks have been reported again.

“This, along with ongoing attacks near Baghmut, may be an attempt to attract Ukrainian defense supplies and personnel to Donbass,” military experts write — presumably from the south, where all Ukrainian armed forces are located. Prerequisites for an effective counterattack would have created The fact that Moscow wants to distract from the defeats of the past few days may also play a role in the new tactics.

British intelligence recently reported that Ukraine had successfully blocked Russia’s main supply lines in the southern Kherson region. Accordingly, the most important road bridges over the Dnipro could no longer be used for large supplies. Also across the river is an important railway bridge and an important one Railway connection, leading to the region from annexed Crimea, was reportedly interrupted after the Ukrainian attacks. Thousands of Russian troops stationed west of the Dnipro could be cut off from further supplies. On the peninsula in the Black Sea, several eruptions occurred during the week Russian military base.

Fierce fighting in the east

At the same time, there was both the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Ukrainian Army Heavy fighting in Donetsk region Approved. The ministry in Moscow announced that the Donetsk suburb of Pisky, northwest of the city, had finally been taken. Ukrainian army disagrees: Fierce fighting continues in Pisky, civil servants say. “The invaders are trying to break through the defense lines of our troops in the direction of Oleksandropol, Krasnorivka, Avdiivka, Marynka and Pisky,” it said.

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 and now occupies a fifth of the neighboring country, including the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed in 2014. Ukraine is urgently requesting heavy weapons from the West to halt Russian advances and reclaim territories.