Occupiers are losing the “elite” – they have a shortage of reserves in the Zaporizhzhia direction, – expert

The Russian invaders are forced to use in defense, in particular in the Zaporizhzhia direction, assault troops, the so-called “elite”, since the reserves of the RF Armed Forces are depleted. This opinion was voiced by military observer Denis Popovich on the FREEDOM TV channel.

“We are well aware that, as the name of the assault units implies, these military personnel are intended for a slightly different purpose – in order to storm the enemy’s defensive formations, no matter who is in front of them. And the very fact of the appearance of these units in the place where it is necessary to defend indicates that the reserves of the Russians are knocked out, ”Popovich noted.

Now the Russian command is forced to abandon everything that is at hand, and at the same time rely on the “elite” – the airborne troops of the Russian Federation, the observer says.

“Therefore, they spend “elite” and try to keep the defense with the troops that they have at hand. That is, there is obviously a crisis of reserves. This is exactly what we were looking for. And now we are already seeing the result – the offensive units, the “elite” are rushing in order to hold the positions that the Russian occupying forces are losing, ”the guest of the air emphasized.

At the same time, Popovich noted that, as the Ukrainian military themselves say, the invaders still have reserves, but they dispose of them in a very strange way.

“Those people who are now advancing from our side on the Zaporizhzhia front say that the Russians have enough reserves, but they dispose of them in a very interesting way. The invaders enter the positions, and fall under the fire of the Ukrainian artillery, the artillery knocks them out. And then we advance, occupy the positions to which the Russian troops were thrown. Then this process is repeated over and over again, and thus the APUs advance. That is, the reserves of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are being knocked out gradually. And now we see that this leads to the fact that they are already removing elite units, forcing them to keep the defense in those places where, in fact, they are not intended for this, ”summed up the observer.

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As previously reported, the Russian occupation troops are moving their forces to the south of Ukraine.