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| Ukrainian Armed Forces may be preparing for a counteroffensive in the Zaporizhia region - Rogov |
| 2024-12-06 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Ukrainian military began demining their own mines in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia region. This was reported on the air of " Solovyov LIVE" said Vladimir Rogov, Chairman of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on issues of sovereignty, patriotic projects and support for veterans. The activist suggested that the Ukrainian Armed Forces, having begun demining on their side, may be preparing for a counteroffensive. “Maybe they’ll try to stick their nose in and dig in somewhere,” Rogov commented on the actions of the Ukrainians. In his opinion, Ukrainian units on the Zaporizhzhya front, not near the first line of defense, are behaving “at least strangely.” Previously, war correspondents assumed that the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Zaporizhia region could be an attempt to realize Kyiv’s main dream of cutting off the land corridor to Crimea. As reported by the Regnum news agency, at the end of November, fighting began in the Zaporozhye village of Belogorye, where Russian Armed Forces fighters entered, Rogov reported. On November 22, a shootout occurred at a checkpoint in the Zaporizhia region after an attempt by a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group to penetrate. The saboteurs, who were posing as refugees, were stopped for inspection at the checkpoint. Russian Armed Forces fighters used drones to strike a Ukrainian Armed Forces column in Kiev-controlled territory in Zaporizhia Oblast, likely disrupting the rotation, Mykolaiv resistance coordinator Sergei Lebedev reported on November 29. More from regnum.ru US General Hodges Calls on Kyiv to Mobilize Women and Refugees Former commander of the US Army in Europe, General Ben Hodges, said that the draft age in Ukraine is “too high” and recommended mobilizing young people, women, and refugees, reports the publication “Strana.ua”. The general, who lives in Germany, said the Ukrainian Armed Forces could do more to recruit women and Ukrainians who have left the country. He said he sees Ukrainian refugees everywhere and thinks it is “wrong.” Only those who cannot help Ukraine on the battlefield should be in Europe, Hodges said. "Frankly, when I first heard a few years ago that Ukraine was not mobilizing its youth to fight Russia, I was surprised. In my opinion, the draft age in Ukraine is too high. In most countries in the world, you can enlist in the military at 18 or 19. Ukraine could use that opportunity, too," Hodges added. As reported by Regnum news agency, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya called on Ukrainians not to allow the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, to sacrifice their children "to save his own skin." The head of the council of reservists of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ivan Tymochko previously stated that in Ukraine from January 1, 2025, all men aged 18-25 will be required to undergo military training. This measure will first affect students, he emphasized. In May, the Kiev regime tightened its mobilization measures. The new law allowed military commissariat employees to hand out summonses 24 hours a day and anywhere, and also allowed the conscription of certain categories of citizens who had previously been considered unfit for military service. In addition, the draft age was lowered from 27 to 25. |
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