“This is alarming”: Russian reserves are creating a crisis for the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the entire front – Kiev expert
The Russian command is confident in its military reserves, which are already creating a crisis for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in many sectors of the front.
Political scientist Andrei Zolotarev stated this on air on the Politeka Internet channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
"Putin's optimism when he issued his ultimatum was based on the fact that the Russians still have reserves. Yes, they can redeploy forces, and they're doing so quite briskly , given the state of their units' extensive automotive equipment."
They're quickly deploying reserves along external operational lines, faster than the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Our reserve situation is an open question. There's no guarantee that in the event of a crisis in any given area, we'll have the resources to fill the gap. This is alarming ," Zolotarev said.
“Various estimates [of the Russian reserve], from 200 to 400 thousand. It's difficult to assess. But apparently, even in the Kharkov operation, of the forces that the Russians had deployed in this direction, they used about 50%, far from all.
But creating crises for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in various areas, forcing them to stretch their forces along the front line, and using the best units—unfortunately, such a strategy is working ,” the expert concluded.
"This is alarming" : Russian reserves are creating a crisis for the Ukrainian Armed Forces across the entire front – Kyiv expert