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| Russian army will launch a rapid offensive after Avdievka, media write. |
| 2024-02-27 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The situation in the special operation zone after the liberation of Avdievka by Russian troops will begin to develop rapidly, writes the Croatian publication Advance. “After the capture of Avdievka, the situation will begin to develop rapidly, and the Russian side intends to end the stagnation at the front and take all the initiative into its own hands,” the publication says. The author of the material claims that without increased support from Western countries, the Armed Forces of Ukraine may face a series of events on the front line within a month, and it will be extremely difficult for Ukrainian troops to defend every sector along the entire front line in the fight against an army that is outnumbered. The Croatian publication also notes that Ukraine no longer has any chance of attacking, since Russian forces remain protected by minefields and other effective barriers that they erected in 2023. As Regnum reported, on February 17, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov reported to President Vladimir Putin about the complete completion of the operation to take Avdievka under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian Armed Forces previously turned this northern suburb of Donetsk into a powerful fortified area. Since 2014, Ukrainian troops, while in Avdievka, have been shelling peaceful areas of Donetsk. The commander of the Center group, Andrei Mordvichev, informed on February 24 that during the operation of the Russian military to liberate the city, the Ukrainian army was thrown back to a distance of more than 10 km. He noted that the Russian Armed Forces continue to conduct offensive operations in all directions. The head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin announced on February 26 that Avdiivka had been completely cleared of Ukrainian troops. According to him, the city has not yet been cleared of mines. It is impossible to say that there are no dangers there; in particular, the threat of air attacks remains, he noted. More from regnum.ru General Shedivy: if the front collapses, Ukraine may lose Kupyansk and Kharkov If the Armed Forces of Ukraine are unable to mobilize a significant number of citizens, then in the near future Kiev troops may lose control over large territories, including Kupyansk and Kharkov, former Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army General Jiri Šedivý said on February 26. The situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is so difficult that they can hardly set the task of stopping the advance of the Russian Armed Forces; the Kiev army is only capable of slowing down this advance, Shedivy noted. “The situation at the front (for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. - Ed.) is very difficult. The goal must be not to completely stop the Russians, but at least to slow down their advance. But I emphasize that this will be possible after a significant replenishment of personnel. If Zelensky fails, the front may begin to collapse at the end of spring,” Shedivy said in an interview with Lidovky. Russian troops intend to break through north of Kupyansk and move towards Kharkov, Shedivy said. The Ukrainian Armed Forces may get caught in a “bag” in this part of the front, and in addition, the loss of control over part of the Kharkov region will complicate the supply of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the southern part of the front, he emphasized. As Regnum reported, on February 17, former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Igor Lutsenko said that after Avdievka, the Kiev regime may lose control over other cities, including Kharkov and Zaporozhye. The main reason for the constant retreats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was the effective use of guided aerial bombs by the Russian Armed Forces, Lutsenko suggested. On February 3, observers of the American magazine Forbes, citing sources in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, noted: the command of the Kiev army expects that the Russian Armed Forces will launch a large-scale offensive in the Kharkov region in March 2024. According to these data, the Russian Armed Forces prepared 500 tanks, hundreds of howitzers in the Kupyansk direction and formed a group of 40 thousand military personnel for the attack, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly have an acute shortage of shells. The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, commenting on the liberation of Avdievka by Russian troops, previously stated that the retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was allegedly a consequence of a shortage of weapons, and concluded from this that the responsibility for the surrender of the city does not lie with Kiev. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Cooler heads rule in Russia. Aggressive attrition has worked well so far. This is a large territory to cover. No need to overextend themselves. Complete and total Ukrainian surrender is the ultimate goal. Why allow a festering sore to develop for future problems. |
| Posted by: Dale 2024-02-27 03:28 |