30-04-2023, 08:16 PM
Prigozhin also pleaded a week ago for Russian troops to “anchor” and strengthen their defenses. Freezing and holding the current front line would be preferable to new attacks to gain territory, because the outcome is uncertain, he says. The Russian troops would then be able to regain strength in view of possible new attacks.
The Russian army command would also try to convince Putin to go on the defensive, the think tank says. “But the military command may not be able to speak straight to President Putin. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and the Chief of the Russian General Staff, General Valeri Gerasimov, are probably not impervious to the threat of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, but will probably continue to send troops for pointless offensive operations at Putin's insistence.”
The fact that Putin continues to insist on an offensive approach in eastern Ukraine indicates, according to the Institute for the Study of War, that he still does not want to hear about a defensive tactic.
https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/wagnerbaa...~bb9f30d2/
The Russian army command would also try to convince Putin to go on the defensive, the think tank says. “But the military command may not be able to speak straight to President Putin. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and the Chief of the Russian General Staff, General Valeri Gerasimov, are probably not impervious to the threat of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, but will probably continue to send troops for pointless offensive operations at Putin's insistence.”
The fact that Putin continues to insist on an offensive approach in eastern Ukraine indicates, according to the Institute for the Study of War, that he still does not want to hear about a defensive tactic.
https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/wagnerbaa...~bb9f30d2/