Since the end of March, Russian invaders have lost control over the territory of Ukraine, which is comparable to the area of Denmark. At the same time, the Russians managed to occupy territories the size of Andorra (percentage of what they lost) in the last 39 days.
Russia justifies its failures
Relevant analysis made by specialists from the Institute for the Study of War. Interestingly, yesterday, August 24, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said that Russia was allegedly deliberately slowing down the pace of the offensive in Ukraine, while maintaining previous strategic goals.
Since the Russian forces resumed offensive operations after a pause on July 16, the invaders captured about 450.84 square kilometers of new territory, approximately equal to the area of Andorra. Russian troops have lost approximately 45 kilometers of square territory since March 21 – an area larger than Denmark, the analysts said.
So, Shoig's statement is nothing more than an excuse for the insignificant achievements of Russian forces in Ukraine over the past 6 weeks. The leadership is somehow trying to explain its failures to the people.
The occupiers have already felt partisan resistance
In addition, ISW draws attention to the fact that the Russian authorities in the temporarily occupied territories met with the partisan movement and significant internal conflicts.
“Ukrainian forces continue to strike Russian military targets and land lines of communications in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions,” the ISW adds.
