Expert on Pokrovsk sector: Question is whether Russia has reserves to keep impulse
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Russia may finally lose its momentum in the Pokrovske direction if it does not have reserves. It is no longer advancing as rapidly as it used to, Israeli military observer Yigal Levin told RBC-Ukraine YouTube channel.
“They had an offensive momentum there. It was clear that they did not want to lose this momentum. Especially when the offensive began in the Kursk region. There was information that they did not remove anything from the Pokrovske direction in order not to lose this impulse,” the expert explained.
Levin adds that even if the situation stabilizes in certain areas, the frontline is never static. For more than two years of full-scale war, certain movements have been taking place, sometimes minor, sometimes significant.
Russia needs reserves to maintain impulse in the Pokrovsk direction. So there are questions of whether they have them at all and whether the soldiers sent to the Kursk region were not reserves.
“Therefore, the big question is whether they will have reserves in the Pokrovsk direction so that this impulse does not completely fade away. Because the global situation is stabilizing on a large, operational level. They are no longer advancing as rapidly as they did a month or so ago,” he added.
Situation in Pokrovsk sector
Over the past months, the Pokrovsk sector has been the most active on the frontline. According to reports from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the largest number of combat clashes regularly took place in the sector, sometimes exceeding one-third of the total number of firefights per day. Over the past day, September 12, the Defense Forces repelled 36 assault attacks.
Read more about the situation in the Pokrovsk sector in RBC-Ukraine's article “Autumn at front: Russians stuck in Pokrovsk, offensive capacity to last 2-3 weeks”.
