Attention the turn around fromrussian army it is not a retreat. andrea margeletti, in his “Strategic Point” in La Stampa he writes that “according to the spokesman of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Oleksandr MotusyanykRussia would withdraw small contingents
by military forces from the lines near Kyiv and Chernihiv, after what Moscow declared last Tuesday after the negotiations in Turkey: “But, continues the President of Cesi”, the Ukrainian authorities themselves do not particularly believe in the real Russian will to do so to reduce the overall intensity of military operations against the two cities and instead emphasize the possibility of Russian forces try to entrench and regroup to then do any new offensives in the next days”.
In fact, Margelletti continues, “Several Russian detachments have already been back in the last few days Belarusfrom which the land offensive against Kyiv began, e.g regroup and refuelonly to be sent back into combat, so the apparent Russian move to reduce the level of military engagement in Kyiv and Chernihiv appears to be motivated by the stalemate on the ground rather than any real openings at the negotiation level.
Finally, looking at the other fronts of the conflict, the expert concludes: “We continue to fight relentlessly a Mariupolwhere the Russian forces are always trying to penetrate the central districts of the city, finally conquer them, and to the east, in the Donbass. Here the Russian troops are said to be trying to capture the cities of Popasna and Rubizhne in the Oblast Luganskwhile they would continue to hit the centers of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk with various bombing raids”.
