Russia is anxiously awaiting the Ukrainian attack, amid concerns about the advance of its munition-deficient forces among other problems. Russia is concerned about the progress its forces are making in the war, according to a report in Newsweek.
The report, prepared by the magazine's correspondent Eli Kock and published under the title "The Week That Troubled Russia", listed a number of recent developments that pose obstacles to Russia at the military and political levels. The head of the Russian military company Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin threatened to withdraw part of his militants from the Pakhmut front.