The Russian troops gather on the border near the second largest city of Ukraine, Kharkov, after practically completely displaced Ukrainians from the Kursk region. The number of this group is about 50 thousand. soldiers – writes Sky News.
According to Clark, the group gathered at the border can take an attempt to attack Kharkiv and the sum or occupying most of the adjacent territorieswhich Kiev liberated in the autumn of 2022. At the same time, the expert noticed that “the Russians basically used forces that they could use for strategic attack” due to ongoing attacks on the vast sections of the front line, which became part of the strategy “Battle for exhaustion”.
A military expert from the British Royal United Services Institute (Rus) Jack Watling said that Russia's summer surgery will most likely have “Mild start”. Instead of carrying out a quick maneuver using large mechanized troops, the Russians will gradually increase the number and scale of attacks on the expanding territory.
Watling agreed with Clark's opinion that The reserves of the Russian army equipment are exhaustedand Soviet supplies “will be exhausted until mid -autumn”.
On Wednesday, the Osint Deepstate project wrote that information about the Russian offensive on Kharkiv, which is prepared in the media, is exaggerated. Analysts note that in this region continues “constant pressure and attempts to probe the defense of “Ukraine forces, which is a typical tactics.” Personnel accumulation is done, but in the form of supplementations “that compensate for high losses. Russian troops also increase the number of drones, which also occurs on other sections of the front.” [charkowskim] The episode has not changed critically ” – sums up the analysts.
