The commander of the Intelligence Center of the Estonian Defense Forces, Colonel Margo Grosberg, expects an escalation of hostilities in Ukraine in the coming weeks: in addition to the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces, an increase in the intensity of Russian attacks is also possible.
Grosberg stated this on Friday at the weekly briefing at the Ministry of Defense of Estonia.
According to Grosberg, there is currently a redeployment of Russian troops on the front line, which indicates that they are preparing for a possible offensive of the Armed Forces.
Russia, as before, retains the initiative in the war with Ukraine, the colonel emphasized. At the same time, analysts note that the Russian Federation does not have enough resources to launch strikes along the entire front line. But this does not mean that Russia cannot organize an offensive on certain areas of the front, noted Grosberg.
At the same time, colossal losses in manpower and equipment are hindered from striking in several places at the same time, he explained.
According to Grosberg, today the losses of the Russian Federation in tanks have exceeded the bar of 2,000 units, the Russian troops have lost even more other armored vehicles - more than 10,000 units in total.
In addition, in the conditions of war, it is difficult to organize maintenance and repair of damaged equipment, he noted.
Losses of Russian military equipment exceed the country's current ability to produce new weapons and buy them from partner countries to which it previously supplied similar equipment. But Russia still has enough weapons in its bases and warehouses to fight this war at least until the end of this year, if not longer, Grosberg said.