The Russian Federation can afford to suffer enormous losses by trying to capture every city - an expert
"This is a kind of strategy that the Kremlin could continue for many months, if not years. According to it, Moscow retains already occupied territories and continues to slowly occupy new ones," Alekseev said. According to him, "ruthless, cruel attacks" of Russia in the Bakhmut area were a characteristic of this war for several months. The fact is that Bakhmut's control will give Russia access to faster mass promotion, especially to Slavic and Kramatorsk. "It is (Bakhmut, ed.
) One of the best strongholds of defense that is in Ukraine on all fronts, it was built during the Donbass war in 2014," the expert said. Alekseev noted that now the mercenaries of the Wagner group attack Soledar, while the Russian army is more concentrated on Bakhmut. "Ukraine's ability to defend these areas is significant and the Ukrainian armed forces were more resourceful and effective in the deployment of troops and fighting," the expert said.
According to him, Ukraine needs significant assistance to the event to maintain Bakhmut's defense. And this is another strategic aspect of the Russian calculation - a rate on fatigue from the continuous support of Ukraine. It was also reported that in the General Staff told about the losses of the occupiers. According to the Speaker of the General Staff Alexander Plan, today in Soledar the Russian military tried the storm, but were forced to retreat.
Earlier, Focus wrote that CNN stated that the Armed Forces were not going to leave Soledar. Journalists heard a strong artillery shelling on the outskirts of Soledar. One of the Ukrainian soldiers said that the situation is very difficult - the next 24 hours will be decisive. We will also remind that journalist Butusov told what is missing the Ukrainian military on the front line. According to the journalist, thermal protection means are especially necessary for reconnaissance and shock drones.