Russian military forces in the Donbas (AFP)
Washington Post: Russia will soon exhaust its combat capabilities, Western assessments predict
The Russian military will soon exhaust its combat capabilities and be forced to bring its offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region to a grinding halt, according to Western intelligence predictions and military experts.
“There will come a time when the tiny advances Russia is making become unsustainable in light of the costs and they will need a significant pause to regenerate capability,” said a senior Western official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue.
The assessments come despite continued Russian advances against outgunned Ukrainian forces, including the capture on Friday of the city of Severodonetsk, the biggest urban center taken by Russia in the east since launching the latest Donbas offensive nearly three months ago.
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Update: Putin Dealt Blow as Russian Advance Likely to Stall in Coming Weeks (Newsweek).
WNU Editor: Western intelligence has been saying the same thing since March that Russia was at the limit of its combat capabilities in Ukraine. Here is an analysis on why that is not the case .... The West Is No Longer The Arsenal Of Democracy (June 23, 2022).
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