The Armed Forces lead a coordinated counter -offensive, which takes time, the Russian Federation will try to undermine faith in its prospects - ISW ratings and a map of hostilities

His experts say that on August 29, the Ukrainian forces began to strike on Russian pontoon crossings across the Dnieper, "which is consistent with the beginning of Ukrainian counter -offensive. " Satellite images indicate that the army of the Russian Federation continues to use such crossings for daily overturning of a limited amount of military equipment across the river.

However, such attacks make sense for Ukraine only if they are combined with active terrestrial operations, resemble ISW analysts. Video of the day, they also say that the Armed Forces, long before the probable start of such operations, took measures to destroy Russian terrestrial communication lines (GLOC) - which probably indicates the devotion of Ukrainian forces by "long -term [offensive] efforts that consist of both blows and so And from terrestrial attacks.

" Ukrainian strikes for Russian logistics purposes "undermine the ability of the Russians to supply and reinforce their positions with live power and technology, which will help the Ukrainian terrestrial counter -offensive," ISW experts are convinced. "The Ukrainian counter -offensive is thus a coordinated process that takes some time to properly implement," the Institute analysts emphasize.

According to them, the Kremlin is likely to take advantage of this process for propaganda purposes: to make Ukrainian efforts in false light as "failure" and undermine public confidence in their prospects - including the lack of "immediate" capture of Kherson and the planned silence of the Ukrainian side. The course of the counter -offensive.

At the same time, the Russian forces continue to adjust their positions in the south of Ukraine - probably in response to the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces, and in preparation for the wider possible offensive of the Ukrainian forces deeper to the east. Yes, the army of the Russian Federation continues to transfer large columns of military equipment from Crimea and Melitopol.

Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov also said that the invaders opened about five military bases and barracks in Melitopol and will probably continue to prepare for the Defense of Melitopol - given its strategically important role in the logistics unit between the Rostov region of the Russian Federation and the South of Ukraine.

The Operational Command of the South of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russian forces in Kherson are trying to rotate troops - it is probably in an attempt to strengthen some vulnerable positions. The Ukrainian counter -offensive probably already leads to the relocation and changes in the priorities of Russian troops on the scale of the whole theater of war.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the invaders strengthen the group of troops operating west of Donetsk, units of the Central Military District of the Russian Army. Earlier, IW found that the units of the CBO under the command of Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, who operated in the area of ​​Lisichansk and Siverskaya, came out of operational pause in mid-August.

"The movement of CVV ​​units to the Donetsk district also shows that the Russian forces now prefer not the offensive on Siversk, but attempts to keep the offensive momentum in the Donetsk area," the ISW analysts said. to the west of Donetsk actually reached its peak point-after limited breakthroughs of the Russians in the area of ​​the Butovsk mine.

The Ukrainian General Staff also reported that the Russian Federation throws units of the newly formed 3rd Army Corps (which is at least partially consisting of inexperienced volunteers) to strengthen Russian positions in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhya regions.