Western analysts and officials have three options for the development of Russia's war against Ukraine: Russian troops will continue the occupation, the positional war will drag on for months, or maybe years, or Moscow will adjust its goals in order to get out of the war. It is reported by CNN.

The first option is that the Russian troops will continue to seize new territories, primarily the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

The second option is when neither side will have an advantage on the battlefield. In this case, a positional war will begin, which can last for months and years.. Under such conditions, both sides will lose a large number of people, and the world will suffer from the economic consequences..

As for the third option, the media calls it less likely. It lies in the fact that Moscow will adjust the goals of this war, which it continues to call a special operation, and, announcing the completion of all tasks, will try to pave the way for the end of hostilities..

The United States is concerned that if Russian troops manage to gain a foothold in the occupied territories, then they can use them as a springboard to attack the rest of the country..

As for the West itself, they believe that the position of the Russian Federation in the Donbas is better than the position of Ukraine due to the quantitative advantage. And yet, after big fights, the Russians may face a shortage of manpower.. Experts, for example, already estimate the ground losses of the Russian Federation at a third of the personnel. It will be hard for the invaders without full mobilization, but Vladimir Putin does not like this idea.

" Either the Russian Federation will reach Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, or the Ukrainians will stop them there.

And if the Ukrainians can keep the defense there with such a balance of power, it matters,"

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On June 12, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are going on a counteroffensive in certain directions. According to him, now the fighting continues on 1105 km of the front, when in total its width is 2450 km..

Meanwhile, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky named the hottest spots on the front: Severodonetsk, Lysichansk, Bakhmut, Slavyansk.

Read the truth about the war in Inna Vedernikova's interview with military analyst Agil Rustamzade for ZN. U.A..