Russia does not have forces to go on offensive along entire front line

"If the enemy extends offensive operations along the entire front line, they will not have enough logistics. They already lack logistics in the areas they attack – these are the four directions on which they work. If we add Zaporizhzhia direction, then I think that the enemy will not be able to supply either ammunition or fuel at all. The problem is already noticeable as the information appeared today that the enemy began to withdraw equipment on trawls from Mariupol, to transfer ammunition after numerous strikes were launched [by the Armed Forces of Ukraine] on ammunition and fuel depots," Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi, the Head of the Joint Press Center of the Defense Forces of Tavria direction said during the national news telethon.

In Zaporizhzhia direction, he noted, the enemy actively mines the territory, puts so-called "dragon's teeth", and continues to improve its numerous fortifications. In addition, the Russians strengthen their fortifications closer to the Crimean isthmus. This indicates that the Russian Federation is afraid of a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and not without reason, the spokesman noted.

According to Dmytrashkivskyi, all the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are aimed now at exhausting the enemy.

"The moment will come when a decision [on the counteroffensive] will be made but s far all the efforts are aimed at exhausting the enemy, destroying manpower and the largest possible amount of equipment, as well as ammunition and fuel depots. This is what will make it difficult for the enemy to continue combat operations. That is, our main task is to complicate the enemy's activity every day," he concluded.

As reported, the day before, Dmytrashkivskyi said that the Russian-occupation forces continued to attack settlements in Avdiivka, Marinka, and Vuhledar directions. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to improve their tactical position in one of the districts on Donetsk axis.