Not long ago, ISW analysts reported that the Russian offensive in the northern part of the Kharkov region, apparently, is aimed at distracting the Armed Forces of Ukraine from other sectors of the front or is connected with Moscow’s desire to get as close as possible to the administrative center of the region to carry out artillery strikes , thereby creating a “buffer” zone for the protection of Belgorod.
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About the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian elite may underestimate the risks, prerequisites and timing offensive operations in the north of the Kharkov region, based on the assumption that Ukraine both does not intend and is not able to liberate the territories captured by the occupation forces, writes NBN, citing the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). p>
According to ISW analysts, the calculation of Putin and the Russian generals on the low level of threat from Ukraine, after the recent territorial acquisitions of the Russian Federation [apparently, we are talking about Avdeevka], seems to have formed the general operational tactics of the “second army of the world” according to the seizure of Ukrainian lands.
In addition, the dynamics of the offensive operations of the “liberators” in the north of the Kharkov region suggests that the expected supplies of American weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces could not change Putin’s plans. That is, the Russian dictator began the “Kharkov Campaign” without conducting a correct reassessment of the situation regarding the increase in the level of potential capabilities of Ukraine after the resumption of US assistance, which, according to the Pentagon’s promises, could/did arrive quite quickly, turning the tide of the war, at least in in this direction.
Earlier, we wrote about that Sinegubov reported on the combat situation in Kharkov region on the evening of May 11 .