Russian Troops Too 'Exhausted' to Defend Front Line: ISW - NewsBreak

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
"An assessment released Sunday from a prominent United States-based think tank described Russian troops in Ukraine as too "disorganized" and "exhausted" to maintain crucial front line positions.

Ukrainian service members look for and collect unexploded shells after a fighting with Russian raiding group in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in the morning of February 26, 2022,

Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote that most of Russian President Vladimir Putin's available military forces are currently involved in offensive or defensive operations in Ukraine and "significant reserves" would need to be brought in order to achieve any effective offensive operations.

The ISW assessment comes as fierce fighting continues in Ukraine, including in the highly-contested city of Bakhmut. Talks of Ukraine mounting a counteroffensive have also intensified, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Sunday interview with Al Arabiya that his forces are "getting ready" for a counterattack and "doing everything we can in order to make it stronger."

Sunday's "special edition campaign assessment" from ISW detailed Russia's order of battle (ORBAT) in Ukraine and assessed its capabilities along the front lines.

Russian troops are currently operating in seven areas, according to the think tank: Avdiivka-Donetsk; Bakhmut; Kupiansk; Kherson Oblast; Luhansk region; the western part of Donetsk Oblast/eastern part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast; and the western part of the Zaporizhzhia region."...

More grist to the mill. Putting Wagner troops with Airborne, who have limited combat experience while being considered elite troops, is a little strange.

I really think that Russian and Ukrainian “Airborne” troops are name only in some attempt to make them feel elite and offer better performance. I now doubt many have never even seen a aircraft much less gotten aboard one.