Russians to persist with offensives despite months of setbacks, says military historian
Ukrainian military in Donetsk region (Photo:Iryna Rybakova/Press Service of the 93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade/Handout via REUTERS)
It will be hot at the front during winter, military historian Roman Ponomarenko said in an interview with Radio NV on Nov. 19.
"Both sides will conduct offensive operations of various scales in winter,” Ponomarenko predicted.
“For the Russians, this is also a fundamental issue after two months of defeats, after they were pushed back and staved, after they conducted allegedly a ‘partial’ mobilization — recruiting up to 300,000 people at the very least,” Ponomarenko said.
“They are now filling their ranks with their own resources, and it is clear that they will use this human resource in the offensive. And the Russians have a stereotype that winter is their General Frost, who always helps them, and ‘Russians are not afraid of winter’, as they say.”
The Ukrainian Armed Forces will also conduct offensive operations in winter, because, according to the expert, Ukraine has all the resources and good equipment to do this.
"When the ground is solid, we can conduct very good, large-scale maneuver operations, surround Russian strongholds, and continue to liberate our land,” Ponomarenko said.
“Therefore, I personally believe that it will get hot in winter.”
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