Russia’s military leaders are planning to take up to nine months to fruit, indicating this Vladimir Putin He has no intention to end the war he started soon, according to the Institute of War Study (Isw).
Washington’s evaluation of Washington, Tank Research, said that the Russian plan to package the city of Kobansk Kharkiv was an example of a long -term strategic thinking and indicated that the leaders believed that the war would continue.
Newsweek I called the Russian and Ukrainian defensive ministries to comment.
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Why do it matter
The evaluation indicates that Moscow plans to a slow and fixed series of developments that Putin is not in a hurry to end the war, regardless of the urgency expressed by the new Trump administration of a hasty decision of the conflict.
What do you know
ISW Nubia said from Donetsk city from Avdiivka In February 2024, it is likely to be a plan for the future materials of Russia in other areas of the front lines, which will be slowly made.
ISW said that Moscow’s efforts to package Volar from where the Ukrainian forces withdrew in October 2024 allowed Russia to advance to the West.
Russia then stopped the Ukrainian withdrawal methods and managed to envelope Felica Novoselka in January. This indicates that Russia’s methods involve slow envelopes for the cities of the front lines and settlements.
Military analyst Emile Castlesi told Newsweek It will be difficult for Russian forces to move quickly from V.Elika Novoselka Due to reducing terrain, such as rivers and open fields, there was little that could have been achieved in this direction.
He also said that the battle for Toretsk, 90 miles northeast, was very slow with the progress made by Russia, as it reached the borders of the city, but the Ukrainian forces still have a foothold in the southwest Zabalea region.
ISW said on Friday that despite the Russian success about Vuhledar and Vellyka Novosilka, the largest envelopes around the Pokrovsk Center and the city of Kharkiv Kupiansk will test Russian capabilities.
But the Kupyansk envelope will take months Russian army Think Think added that the matter is committed to long -term operations in the long run under the assumption that Putin does not intend to end the war in Ukraine soon.
What people say
War Study Institute (ISW): The Russian military leadership has shown that it is ready to adhere to the operations that may take from six to nine months to conclude. “
“Russian leaders are likely to work on the assumption or direct knowledge that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not intend to end the war in Ukraine in the near future.
Emil KASTEHHELMI, from Black Bird Group Black Bird Osint: “The Battle of Toretsk was very slow. Russia has made some progress in recent weeks, and has reached the city’s borders in many regions.
What happens after that
The ISW assessment of Russian plans for slow operational maneuver in the battlefield that requires great planning indicates that Putin’s war goals in the long term and do not indicate that he has any intention to agree to negotiations, regardless of what the Trump administration said.
