Although on Thursday in Turkey, negotiations regarding the end of the conflict in Ukraine are to resume, everything indicates that The Kremlin is not preparing for the scenario of suspension of hostilities.
American officials familiar with the latest analyzes of the US government informed that the Kremlin is seeking to gather the greatest possible strength near the front line.
War in Ukraine. Disturbing reports of American officials. “Putin is trying to take over every area”
As indicated by the first CNN interlocutor, the potential Russian offensive aims to seize a larger territory than before in eastern Ukraine. The second of the officials stated that “the Russians would make every effort to get what they can“.
– Putin is trying to take over every area he can get, up to the edge of Kiev he argued.
The CNN website indicates serious problems of the Ukrainian army regarding the number of soldiers. According to the American government, the further Russian expansion is prevented only by minefields and drone resources.
At the same time, according to the Americans, also Russia is not able to gather it on the front satisfactoryŁ. One of the officials indicated that there is no indication that North Korea could now significantly increase the number of its soldiers in the ranks of the Russian army.
War in Ukraine. Further storms of Russian troops
On Tuesday, the armed forces of Ukraine reported Fr. 78 Russian raids to the positions of your units. The opponent dropped 141 guided bombs. The activities took place in the Sumski, Kharkiv, Dononian, Zaporoskie and Khersoni districts.
Ukrainian sources inform that their troops resisted the enemy, repelling seven targeted attacks in the direction of Kharkiv. In the direction of Pokrowski, the defenders of Ukraine detained as many as 60 assault and offensive actions of the Russian army.
Clashes of various severity also occurred in the direction of Kurski. According to the information presented, Ukraine was to lose 230 soldiers, and Russia 1070.