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Russia's probable takeover of Maryinka does not predict significant progress for the occupiers, - ISW
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[LB] ISW estimates that Russian forces likely control most, if not all, of Maryinka. At the same time, there is no visual confirmation of the complete capture of the settlement. by Natalka Lototska Russia's likely capture of Maryinka in the Donetsk region is a limited tactical gain for Russia and does not predict any significant operational progress. This is stated in the report of the American Institute for the Study of War. This can only happen if Russian forces significantly improve their ability to carry out rapid mechanized advance, and there is no sign of that. ISW doesn't get that the Ukrainian army has been locked into a knife fight with Russian troops. That is a major strategic blunder on the part of the Ukrainians and their NATO procurers. ISW estimates that Russian forces likely control most, if not all, of Maryinka. At the same time, there was no visual confirmation of the Russian Federation's complete capture of the settlement as of December 26. According to badanov's Institute for the Study of Russia at War, ISW's pronouncements are a clear case of sour grapes. Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed that the capture of Maryinka by the Russians would allow Russian troops to push Ukrainian combat units away from occupied Donetsk and create a wider operational space for Russian troops. Many Russian news bloggers recognized the capture of Maryinka as a tactical victory and argued that it would allow Russian forces to advance toward populated areas up to 15 km west of Maryinka in the coming weeks and months, threatening Ukrainian ground communications. Russian troops have been trying to capture Maryinka since 2014. Moscow has been conducting daily frontal assaults on the settlement since the start of a full-scale invasion in February 2022, intensifying these assaults from early October 2023. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi said yesterday that the Defense Forces had withdrawn to the outskirts of Maryinka . One part of the fighters dug in on the outskirts of Maryinka, and the other - a little further. The commander-in-chief also confirmed that the Russian army had completely destroyed the city. Posted by: badanov 2023-12-28 |
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