In its latest report, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) points to the weaknesses of the Russian infantry.
Russia will not “almost certainly” more capable restore “large-scale offensive operations” entrusted to the infantry, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes in its August 28 report.
“The degradation of these forces likely to weaken Russia’s capabilities for complex defensive operations” he adds. We are talking, according to ISW, about losses in combat operations elite airborne troops (airborne assault divisions), which will no longer be in Russia.
“High pace of work”
“The Russian military command has always relied on airborne units as an offensive and defensive force, and they probably degraded due to the high pace of work“, explains the American think tank.
Moreover, at the same time, according to this report, Russian military command continues to deploy these airborne troops of the Airborne Forces for protect vulnerable positions Ukrainian counterattacks. As it happened, in particular, recently after robotic fork troops Zelensky.
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Lack of missiles?
ISW has already noted that Russian units are operating in areas where Ukrainian forces are conducting counter-offensive operations, and this redistribution the side again suggests that the occupants can use these elite units to strengthen critical sectors on the front line.
American experts also corroborate claims by Ukrainian officials that Russian troops could intend resume a wider bombing campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure in autumn 2023, But they believe that Russia probably has not replenished its missile stocks after mass strikes in the winter of 2022-2023.