The last 24 hours h Russia withdraws forces from bases in Armenia and South Ossetia, to strengthen its forces in Ukraineaccording to information cited by the Financial Times.
A few days ago, the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that it had located four Russian warships, which were probably carrying tanks and military personnel to Ukraine, as the Russian forces recorded heavy losses, with more than 7,000 dead, according to the American estimates. and the Ukrainians are talking about double the number, although Moscow admits less than 500 dead.
For some, these developments are indications of a failure of the Russian invasion, but, according to the FT, also raise the question of whether Putin is using the ongoing peace talks with Ukraine as a pretext to save time and send reinforcements to the fronts.
U.S. officials had argued before the invasion that Russia did not have enough troops to counter the Ukrainian resistance, and it is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
This is the result of the recruitment of reserve units from the Eastern Military District, the recruitment of “volunteers” from Syria, but also mercenaries from private military companies, such as the Wagner group, and the recruitment of Chechen fighters of Putin’s ally, Ruthan Kutyan.
Russia is trying to strengthen itself from everywhere as it attacks, while Ukraine is defending vigorously.
Meanwhile, more than 190,000 Russian troops are facing huge supply problems in order to completely close the siege around cities such as Kyiv and occupy them. According to the latest report of the British Ministry of Defense, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has “largely stopped on all fronts”.
For his part, Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute told FT: “The Russians are facing desperate shortages of manpower. They proceeded on many axes and shared their forces. If they had moved at a rapid pace and succeeded in achieving their goals, it would have made sense, but with the low motivation of their soldiers what they actually achieved was to engage in several, independent civil battles and in each of them they lack the mass forces to occupy the besieged cities by attack “.
And while escalating pressure in the south and southeast, Russian forces have failed to close the noose around Kyiv due to the strong defense of the Ukrainians, contenting themselves for the time being with an intensification of the bombing.
The stagnation of the Russians and the counterattack of the Ukrainians
Meanwhile, the bombing of civilian buildings sparking international outcry is among the highlights of the 22nd day of the war in Ukraine, as the Russian invasion faces long delays with no real benefit.
Characteristic is the latest report of the British Ministry of Defense, which in its daily update notes that the Russians not only have not advanced, but the Ukrainian forces have gone in some places even in the counterattack, causing significant losses to the invaders.
“Russian forces have made little progress on land, sea or air in recent days and continue to suffer heavy casualties. The Ukrainian resistance remains stable and well coordinated. “The vast majority of Ukrainian territory, including all major cities, remains in Ukrainian hands.”
Sources in the UK Department of Defense, quoted by the Daily Mail, also said that Kyiv was “on the run” and that the Russian army could be just two weeks away from the “peak” – after which ” “Ukraine’s resistance force will be greater than Russia’s attack force.”
After all, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday night warned Vladimir Putin that if he continued his invasion of Ukraine, his forces would continue to suffer casualties.
“Russian forces have such losses in Ukraine that they did not have in Syria and Chechnya that Soviet forces did not have in Afghanistan,” Zelensky said.
“If your war against the Ukrainian people continues, Russian mothers will lose more children than in the war in Afghanistan and Chechnya together.”
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