Ukrainian troops continued to advance on Donetsk region, in particular on the city of Lyman, and broke through Russian defensive positions in the north-east of the Kherson region.
The victories of the Armed Forces have a negative impact on the Russian information space.
This is stated in the report of the American Institute for the Study of War.
Russia's defeat in the Kharkiv region and Lyman, combined with the Kremlin's inability to effectively and fairly conduct a partial mobilization, fundamentally change the Russian information space.
The Kremlin-sponsored media and Russian military bloggers began to criticize the bureaucratic failures of the partial mobilization due to the loss of Lyman.
"Kremlin sources and military bloggers attribute the defeat around Liman and the Kharkiv region to the failure of the Russian military to adequately provide and reinforce Russian forces in the north of Donbas and complain about the lack of transparency about the course of the war. Some guests of heavily edited Kremlin television programs that aired on October 1 , even criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to annex 4 Ukrainian regions before securing their administrative borders or even the front line, expressing doubts about Russia's ability to ever fully occupy these territories," the Institute's report says.
It is noted that Russian propagandists no longer hide their disappointment with the mobilization process in the Russian Federation, in particular, they draw attention to the fact that alcoholics often join the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces.
Some, speaking on live television, expressed concern that the mobilization would not create the forces needed to regain the initiative on the battlefield, given the low quality of Russian reserves.
We will remind, the Secretary General of NATO
commented on the release of Lyman and praised the Armed Forces
.
He praised the Ukrainian Armed Forces for their professionalism and emphasized that this proves that Ukraine can liberate all its territories.
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