2024-04-17 07:11:59
Ukrainian officials continue to insist that US support is vital to the ability of Ukrainian soldiers to defend themselves against current and future Russian offensive operations expected to begin in late spring and summer, according to an American think tank.
The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence service, Kyrylo Budanov, has said that Ukrainian soldiers are preparing to repel Russia’s next major attack, which is expected in late May and early June, but he also admitted that it would be “catastrophically difficult” without Western military support.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced on April 14 that the situation in eastern Ukraine is tense and that Russian forces are concentrating their efforts west of Bakhmut in the direction of Chasivyar.
The ability of the Ukrainian military to repel the recently intensified Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine has been reduced due to a lack of material and technical resources, and this ability is likely to continue to decline in the near future if US aid deliveries continue to be delayed, according to the ISW.
Russian troops are currently using the lack of material resources in Ukraine, caused by the lack of US aid, to achieve insignificant tactical successes, but in the future Russia may achieve much more significant and threatening successes in operations, especially west of Bakhmut, if the US continues to delay aid to Ukraine, think tank experts warn .
Russian troops continue to adapt the tactics of using drones on the front line to mitigate the consequences of the technological adaptation of the Ukrainian troops, with which the Ukrainians compensate for the superiority of the Russians in terms of material resources, according to ISW.
2024-04-17 07:11:59