🤡 Putin ordered Shoigu to stop the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by October – ISW

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War, citing an insider source in the Kremlin, claim that the Russian President gave Shoigu a month to improve the situation on the front line, stop the Ukrainian counter-offensive and return the initiative to Russian troops.

The report suggests that Russian military commanders may order continuous counterattacks to force the Ukrainian counteroffensive to reach a climax, even at high cost to Russian military capabilities.

“Putin and the Kremlin view Russian defensive operations as a major victory on the battlefield, and constant Russian counterattacks allow the Kremlin to call these operations individual victories against the backdrop of a general lack of Russian success on the battlefield elsewhere,” ISW details.