Russian Offensive Has Been Deflated Anders Puck Nielsen, a military analyst at the Defence Academy, sees the same picture and believes that the development indicates Russia is running out of troops and equipment for the offensive in Donetsk. – “The Russians have suffered significant losses in the offensive against Pokrovsk. It costs a lot of equipment and manpower when you press on as the Russians are doing. It seems that the Russian offensive against Pokrovsk has been deflated, but that doesn’t mean it’s been halted completely,” the military analyst told TV 2. [Image of Ukrainians wait to be evacuated from Pokrovsk to western Ukraine. Photo: Rfe/rl/Serhii Nuzhnenko / Ritzau Scanpix.] He adds that there are reports Ukraine has deployed two additional brigades to reinforce the Donetsk front. The high price of the Russian advance in Donetsk is evident from an article in the American media Forbes, which on Tuesday reported that the Russian occupying forces had lost up to 180 military vehicles in just one day – Sunday, September 1.
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