British expert: goal of Russia is a slow and methodical capture of Ukraine cities

Russia involved most of the strung on the borders of his forces, and now most of them are located on the territory of Ukraine; Russia will not be able to regroup the troops outside the country. The Russian BBC Service writes that the Researcher of the London Defense and Analytical Center of the Royal Institute of Joint Arms Jack Watling is said so.

” Further progress from a territorial point of view depends on where they (Russian troops – ed.) We will focus the main efforts in terms of resources and logistics, “says Watling.” At the moment, apparently, this is the south of Ukraine, where they are trying to complete the battle for Mariupol, and then bypass the flank of the Ukrainian military units in the Donbas to try to cut them off, thus moving to the north. “

According to Watling, Russian troops stalled between Kherson and Nikolaev and what is likely they will not be able to achieve significant progress on these fronts. They may believe Watling, focus on promotion from the Crimea to the north along the Dnipro River to try to surround the area where are one of the best divisions of Ukraine.

” Since the Russian troops have a very weak motivation, since they do not have numerical power to take these city storm, they surround them and starve people with hunger, gradually comparing the city with land with artillery, “says Watling.

Thus, their main goal at the moment is a very slow and methodical capture of cities one after another, it concludes.