Former Russian special services officer Igor Strelkov-Girkin, noting the failures of the Russian army, said that the Russians had problems in the Donetsk direction.
“The offensive in Maryinka is currently terminated. Despite all the high -profile statements that” is about “, it was not possible to completely free the village before the end of January,” he writes.
The offensive of the Russian army south of Avdeevka also did not successfully bring the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: they got stuck due to large losses in the assault parts of the infantry and lack of shells. Russians have low staffing and weak training.
Under the Ugro for the Russian Federation there was a heavy situation. According to Girkin, the statements about the breakthrough in Ugledar “expectedly turned out to be a lie.” “The village has long been turned into a single fortress, which is a compact microdistrict of high -rise houses among solid even fields – it was not possible to take a” scab “now. Now the troops who are trying to storm it are in an extremely disadvantage compared to the parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are defended, which are defended, which are defended, which are defended, which are defended, which are defended. hidden in concrete basements and have the ability to adjust artillery fire a considerable distance even without the use of technical means, ”said Girkin.
Girkin noted that an attempt by a frontal attack on Ukrainian positions was the cause of severe losses from Russians and did not bring the expected result.