Moscow announced on Thursday a “operational pause” in Ukraine for Russian troops to restore combat capabilitiesa information already contradicted by the American Institute for the Study of War.
Units that performed combat missions during the special military operation are taking steps to replenish combat capabilities. The military have the opportunity to relax, receive letters and packages from home,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov wrote in a statement, quoted by the Europa Press news agency.
Konashenkov did not specify the expected duration of this break or in which areas the combat is being implemented.
For its part, the United States Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assured that Russian forces have not ceased hostilities and “it is unlikely that they will”.
“Russian forces were still conducting limited ground offensives and air, artillery and missile strikes in all axes as of July 7, and are likely to remain limited to small-scale offensive actions as they re-establish forces and conditions for more significant change. offensive,” the ISW said on Twitter.
Russian forces still carried out limited ground offensives and air, artillery, and missile strikes in all axes on July 7, and are likely to continue to limit themselves to small-scale offensive actions as they rebuild forces and establish conditions for a most significant offense.
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) July 8, 2022
In an interview with former lawyer Mark Feigin -known for his activism against Russian President Vladimir Putin- published on the YouTube platform, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych stressed that Ukrainian attacks on Russian warehouses caused Russian troops to pause.
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“The attacks on the warehouses significantly weakened the ability to do it quickly and in an organized manner. (…) Their reserves are diminished and will decrease”, Arestovych explained, in statements published by the Ukrainian broadcaster TCH.
“The pace of the offense has slowed down”I observe.
Russia launched, on February 24, a military offensive in Ukraine, condemned by the international community in generalwhich responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and tightening economic and political sanctions on Moscow.
Source: Observadora
