American Research Center: Russia is preparing to launch a large-scale attack on Ukraine as weather conditions improve
The American Research Center warned that the Russian army is preparing to launch a large-scale attack on Ukraine as soon as the weather conditions improve.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that Russia may be preparing a new attack in Ukraine in the coming weeks.
The US-based think tank’s announcement comes amid concerns that weapons approved by Washington for Ukraine won’t reach Kiev in time.
Russia has advanced in recent months, making some military gains along the front line, helped by delayed Western aid.
“Ukrainian forces are currently subject to enormous constraints due to material shortages and delays in Western military aid,” said Riley Bailey, an analyst at the Institute for the Study of War.
He added that “it doesn’t have the capabilities it previously had to thwart Russian advances”.
Billy stressed that Russian forces are gradually regaining their activity, moving on the battlefield, and threatening to make significant progress operationally this summer during an expected large-scale offensive operation.
The institute expected that Russia would launch new attacks on key sites, including the strategically important city of Chazov Yar.
“If Russian forces capture Shazov Yar, they will have a position from which they can launch subsequent offensive operations on Konstantikovka and Kroskivka,” Billy explained.
These cities are major and serve as the backbone of Ukrainian defense.
Kiev had previously warned of a Russian attack expected to be carried out in the spring.
According to some analysts, Ukraine’s ability to repel any such advance attempt depends largely on receiving Western military supplies as soon as possible.
Ukrainian and Western leaders on Sunday welcomed the much-needed aid package approved by the US House of Representatives.
The bulk of the funding will go to Ukraine, with other countries such as Israel and Taiwan also benefiting.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who warned that his country would lose the war without US funding, as the US aid was urgently needed on the front line.
