Anna Malyar reported this information to TG, URA-Inform reports.
Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar believes that the goal of the Russians at the moment is not a major offensive, but the depletion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
< p>«Their goal now is to deplete us as much as possible. So that we could not create stockpiles of ammunition, could not prepare equipment and would break down morally. They act in such a way that we do not have time to recover», — she wrote in the Telegram channel.
At the same time, Malyar noted, the Russian occupiers themselves » They are saving their personnel by using the tactics of assaults in small groups, for which the Ukrainian Defense Forces are forced to spend a lot of shells.
At the same time, the Russians began to form their new formations. According to the former Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, in this way the Russians are preparing for the next stage of military operations. In particular, in order to capture Avdeevka and Kupyansk.
Recall that it was previously reported when the war in Ukraine will end: NATO gave its forecast.