the Ukrainian army in difficulty in the Donbass

As the loss of the city of Lyssytchansk for Ukraine looms, the president of the Prospective and Security Institute in Europe, Emmanuel Dupuy, explains that such an event would imply that “entire Luhansk Oblast [serait] in the hands of Russia. This is one of the objectives that President Putin will hold up as a success. We remember that in 2014, Russian and separatist forces only took possession of 30% of DonbassDonestk remains to be protected, however, and the Ukrainians could mobilize on this front.

One of the objectives of the Ukrainian army is to “push back the front line to try to protect what is still protectable, in particular the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk“, explains Emmanuel Dupuy. But kyiv comes up against its clear logistical inferiority, which the arms deliveries from the United States and European countries cannot compensate for.