Yesterday, January 28, the Russian military announced that they allegedly launched an attack on the city of Vuhledar, which is located 28 kilometers from Donetsk. According to Rospropaganda, the occupiers of the 155th marine brigade of the Pacific Fleet have already broken through the defenses of the defenders and even "

Is it true? Analysts of the US Institute for the Study of War explained that such stuffing is just an attempt to launch a positive narrative into the information space, since they have no success in the Bakhmut direction.

At the same time, the Russians tried to back up their words with statements by the commander of the Rashist battalion "

" Russian sources are likely to repeat similar ongoing activities in the Zaporozhye region, where Russian sources have circulated allegations of localized Russian offensives without any confirmation, in order to divert attention from the fact that Russian forces have not made any significant operational progress around.

Moreover, experts note that so far there are no real signs of activation of Russians in the western part of the Donetsk region. The fact is that the invaders lost a lot of manpower there back in November.

" and is unlikely to be able to resume a new offensive on this sector of the front.

Regardless of whether Russian troops are conducting local offensive operations in the area of \u200b\u200bVuhledar, or whether Russian sources exaggerate Russian activity on this sector of the front, Russian efforts are likely to be focused on supporting this information operation and do not herald a resumption of Russian offensive in the western Donetsk region..

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Recall, retired US Lieutenant General Ben Hodges doubts that the Russians will be able to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass, because the defenders there demonstrate professional work. Moreover, Ukrainian soldiers are building up forces for the spring offensive..