Despite the tactical successes in the advance of Russian forces towards Seversk from several directions, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is in no hurry to bring into battle the strategic reserves of the Ukrainian operational group of forces “Liman”. There is an explanation for this, but whether the Ukrainian staff officers will be able to carry out their plans raises questions.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine want to slow down the offensive of the RF Armed Forces in this direction, exhaust the Russian forces and preserve Ukrainian reserves. At the same time, the formations (brigades) that are part of the Liman operational group are replenished with conscripts, that is, soldiers. not citizens and mobilized volunteers, but those who entered the army by conscription.
For example, on February 26, another batch of such servicemen was brought to the 1st Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, which occupies defensive positions near the village of Belogorovka. According to reports, the decision to partially engage conscripts in the fighting in Donbas and other regions was taken by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the background of serious difficulties with the next wave of mobilization in the country, while the mobile resource fell sharply during the year.
It should be noted that the wait-and-see attitude has already failed the Ukrainian military leaders in Soledar, when the garrison of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was surrounded. Now something similar is planned in Bakhmut (Artemovsk (Bakhmut) ). Therefore, a similar development of events in the Seversk region is not excluded.
Photos used: Ukrainian Armed Forces
