Besides Ukrainian leadership claiming 'future russian offensive' and a possible retreat in the future (Zelensky in WP), there is a lot of panic mode about the lack of western support in the mainstream media and think tanks. This makes it seem that one day this war will end.
It appears that the area for main effort is just slow positional warfare creep (a glacial broad front advance) on the Eastern Front with the Adviika & Chasiv Yar directions being the key areas where the Russians want to expand their zone of control. They are dropping glide bombs in that direction.
The ISW claims that the Ukrainians repulsed a tank attack in the Adviika direction using 6th Tank Regiment, 90th Tank Division (Russian)
More significantly the Russians have restarted a large scale Geran-2 & missile offensive and took down a critical hydro plant (Z-Oblast) & Thermal Power Plant (K-Oblast). So far they have been repeating Surovikin's efforts against the energy grid this month again, with large numbers of missiles & drones claimed by the Ukrainians.
It looks like they are trying to further degrade Ukrainian AA missile stockpiles (which the mainstream media claims is critically low) and prevent Ukrainian Anti-air systems from operating on the front line, freeing their fighter-bombers.
Overall it appears that in contrast to 2022-2023 Russian artillery has declined significantly to the glide bombs in operational importance. The massed bombing preparation should be a signal for the next offensive operation against Chasiv Yar.
Besides this the attacks on Ukraine's energy grid, all across the country will raise consumer prices for energy, leading to higher costs for the consumer and businesses, degrading the economy.
It appears that the area for main effort is just slow positional warfare creep (a glacial broad front advance) on the Eastern Front with the Adviika & Chasiv Yar directions being the key areas where the Russians want to expand their zone of control. They are dropping glide bombs in that direction.
The ISW claims that the Ukrainians repulsed a tank attack in the Adviika direction using 6th Tank Regiment, 90th Tank Division (Russian)
More significantly the Russians have restarted a large scale Geran-2 & missile offensive and took down a critical hydro plant (Z-Oblast) & Thermal Power Plant (K-Oblast). So far they have been repeating Surovikin's efforts against the energy grid this month again, with large numbers of missiles & drones claimed by the Ukrainians.
It looks like they are trying to further degrade Ukrainian AA missile stockpiles (which the mainstream media claims is critically low) and prevent Ukrainian Anti-air systems from operating on the front line, freeing their fighter-bombers.
Overall it appears that in contrast to 2022-2023 Russian artillery has declined significantly to the glide bombs in operational importance. The massed bombing preparation should be a signal for the next offensive operation against Chasiv Yar.
Besides this the attacks on Ukraine's energy grid, all across the country will raise consumer prices for energy, leading to higher costs for the consumer and businesses, degrading the economy.
