Uncertainty surrounds whether Russia’s spring offensive has begun in eastern Ukraine
“Meat grinder” assaults.
That was the stark phrase used by Ukraine’s top commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, to characterize Russian tactics on parts of the 1,200km front in mid-March.
From Tuesday, 17 March through Friday, 20 March, Russian troops carried out more than 600 assault operations across the entire frontline, General Syrskyi said this week in a post on the Facebook page of Ukraine’s armed forces.
He said those attacks left Russia with more than 6,000 casualties in only four days.
Ukrainian and Western military…