The redeployment of the enemy's troops, which is now taking place, will deprive the Russian forces of the resources necessary for the campaign in the Sloviansk region.
The positions of Russian troops in the direction of Slavyansk are very are weakened due to the fact that the Russian Federation transfers its forces from there to strengthen the group in the south. Analysts of the US Institute of War Studies believe that because of this, the defenders can launch a counteroffensive in the north, namely in the direction of Izyum.
They also recalled the words of Vadym Skibitskyi, the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, that two weeks ago the Russians withdrew tactical groups of the Airborne Forces from the Donetsk region.
“The British Ministry of Defense also noted that Russian forces have probably identified the Zaporizhzhia region as a vulnerable front that needs strengthening, and the General Staff of Ukraine reported that Russian forces are regrouping in the Zaporizhzhia region. Footage from social networks shows how in recent weeks Russian troops transfer equipment and personnel both to Zaporizhzhia and Kherson region,” added the Institute.
Experts note that such a regrouping will deprive the Russian Federation of the strength necessary for the campaign in the Sloviansk region.
“Withdrawal will probably create an opportunity for Ukrainian forces to launch a counteroffensive in the direction of Izyum, just as Russia's seizure of Luhansk Oblast allowed Ukraine to create conditions for a counteroffensive in Kherson Oblast. The redeployment of Russian troops to Zaporizhzhia Oblast also assumes that Ukrainian counteroffensives are not limited to Kherson Oblast and will probably pass along the entire southern axis,” ISW noted.
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