Walk, Baby, Walk
“Russo walking in the field where Ukraine drones fly”
https://x.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1819007688673521891
ISW, 30 July:
“Periodic and pulsating Russian mechanized assaults likely represent the extent of Russia’s current offensive capacity, and Russia is unlikely to mount a distinct new summer offensive operation due to material and manpower constraints.”
“Western media, citing unspecified Ukrainian sources, reported in December 2023 and January 2024 that Russian forces planned to seize the remaining territory of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia oblasts during a large-scale offensive operation in the summer of 2024, but Russian forces likely revised those plans following the passage of US military assistance to Ukraine in April 2024.”
“The ongoing Russian offensive operations are also costly for Ukrainian defenders and are likely meant to degrade Ukrainian capabilities through attrition whether or not they gain much ground. This attritional approach is consistent with Putin’s overall strategy for Ukraine that relies on the assumption that Russia will be able to hold any ground Russian forces take and that Russia will win by outlasting Western support for Ukraine.”