{"id":1372134,"date":"2026-03-21T09:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T07:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russian-troops-have-launched-a-spring-offensive-what-are-the-new-tactics-of-the-russians\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T07:33:47","slug":"russian-troops-have-launched-a-spring-offensive-what-are-the-new-tactics-of-the-russians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russian-troops-have-launched-a-spring-offensive-what-are-the-new-tactics-of-the-russians\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian troops have launched a spring offensive: what are the new tactics of the Russians?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Russian troops are moving into the initial phase of their spring offensive campaign, changing their assault tactics. The Kremlin plans to recruit more than 400,000 new troops, avoiding an official announcement of a mass conscription.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Military-political observer of the &#8220;Information Resistance&#8221; group, Oleksandr Kovalenko, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gZb2yARWUCg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; that improving weather conditions and the appearance of vegetation allow the aggressor to more often use light equipment to attack Ukrainian positions.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;In principle, the Russian occupiers are now beginning the first phase of their spring offensive campaign. They are beginning to scale up assault operations, taking into account the fact that the &#8220;green light&#8221; is gradually appearing, and the weather conditions for this are also significantly improving,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/youtu.be\/gZb2yARWUCg?t=58<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/in-sumy-and-kharkiv-regions-the-enemy-is-capturing-new-villages-drapaty\/\">In Sumy and Kharkiv regions, the enemy is capturing new villages \u2013 Drapaty<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> According to the analyst, in some areas of the front in the Donetsk region, attempts to break through on motorcycles, buggies and quads are already being recorded. Although the human resources of small tactical groups remain the enemy&#8217;s main tool, an increase in the number of mechanized assaults using tanks and armored vehicles is expected, compared to the winter period, &#8211; explains Kovalenko.<\/p>\n<p> However, he noted, despite technical innovations, the losses of the invaders have increased significantly, reaching about 1,700 people per day. Therefore, the Russian leadership plans to attract more than 400,000 new military personnel, avoiding the official announcement of a mass conscription, the columnist added.<\/p>\n<p> Kovalenko explained that such figures are average for the aggressor and only allow to cover the current losses on the front. &#8220;Putin himself is afraid of such names as general mobilization and such trends that can, with such open events and trends that can occur in society, he is afraid of this,&#8221; the studio guest noted.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" data-right>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-ukrainian-armed-forces-attacked-a-russian-factory-in-alchevsk-and-damaged-an-important-a-50-reconnaissance-aircraft\/\">The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a Russian factory in Alchevsk and damaged an important A-50 reconnaissance aircraft<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> He is convinced that the Kremlin will continue to act through hidden mechanisms: attracting foreign mercenaries, working with reservists, and putting pressure on naturalized citizens.<\/p>\n<p> The day before, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/syrskyy-povidomyv-pro-zrostannia-boiv-na-fronti-ta-vtrat-rf\/\">Russian troops had increased pressure<\/a> on several fronts at once, and the number of combat clashes exceeded 200 per day. At the same time, the losses of Russian troops had also increased &#8211; in just three days, Ukrainian forces neutralized about 4,840 occupiers, killed and wounded.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier it became known that the Russian occupation army is demonstrating <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/na-fronti-zrostaie-aktyvnist-rosiyskoi-armii-syrskyy\/\">increased activity at the front<\/a> against the backdrop of improving weather conditions. According to Syrsky, the enemy is not backing down from its intentions and continues to prepare for further aggression. In particular, this year it is recruiting another 409 thousand soldiers.<\/p>\n<p> In early March, it was reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rosiiany-planuiut-novyy-nastup-na-fronti-iakyy-napriamok-pid-zahrozoiu\/\">the Russian military was preparing for a new offensive<\/a> in the Pokrovsko-Mirnogradsk agglomeration area in the Donetsk region. The Russians are seeking to completely occupy these two cities. However, units of the Defense Forces are holding certain positions on the northern outskirts of the settlements.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian troops are moving into the initial phase of their spring offensive campaign, changing their assault tactics. The Kremlin plans to recruit more than 400,000 new troops, avoiding an official announcement of a mass conscription. Military-political observer of the &#8220;Information Resistance&#8221; group, Oleksandr Kovalenko, reported on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; that improving weather conditions and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1372126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1372134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1372134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1372126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1372134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}