by Sergey Markov

The Russian army’s offensive in the direction of Pokrovsk can be said to be on pause, after a long success. In Selidovo, even the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked and the Russian army retreated from the outskirts of Selidovo.

That is, after the entire August of a relatively rapid retreat, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to stabilize the situation a little.

The Russian army is more active in the direction of Ugledar. And it is developing in the direction of Ukrainsk and Kurakhovo.

But in general, the Russian army’s offensive is less active in this entire section of the Donetsk front. That is, the collapse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ front did not occur.

Meanwhile, Zelensky is knocking out new arms deliveries at the Ramstein base. Meetings with European leaders. 77 Leopard tanks have already been announced, they will be handed over to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

But Zelensky’s main goal is to get a lot of long-range missiles and permission to fire them at Moscow. He names 250 military targets, that will happen too.

But the main thing is to fire missiles at Moscow. Zelensky is confident and is persuading the US and Europe that this will lead to a turning point in the war. That after this, Russia will accept the demands of the West. And that there is no need to fear Russia’s nuclear weapons, since Russia does not have the political will to use them.

There is a discussion going on in the Western elites on this issue. Zelensky wants to influence this discussion.