The Russian military command, on the personal orders of dictator Vladimir Putin, has developed several options for new offensive operations from the north, including both the reuse of the territory of Belarus and a direct strike from the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation towards Chernihiv region .
This was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, in an interview with TSN, Censor.NET reports .
Putin’s instruction
According to Syrsky, the Ukrainian command has information about internal processes in the defense department of the aggressor country and assesses potential risks in advance.
” We know that Putin has tasked the Russian General Staff to calculate various options for an offensive operation, including from the territory of Belarus, with the aim of capturing Kyiv, with the aim of capturing other territories ,” the general emphasized.
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Analyzing the threat from Belarus, the commander-in-chief expressed doubt about the readiness of the self-proclaimed Belarusian leadership to once again drag his country into the Kremlin’s adventure, but assured that Ukraine is fully prepared for any development of events.
” One of the options is an offensive from the territory of Belarus. But I don’t think that the leadership of the Republic of Belarus will agree to the Russians again using Belarusian territory as a bridgehead. But Ukraine is also considering this option ,” Syrsky noted.
The main threat is a strike from the Bryansk region on the Chernihiv region
The commander-in-chief clarified that the Russians are not planning to attack Kyiv. Instead, they are preparing a much more realistic and dangerous local operation.
“The most likely option, and this is confirmed by several data, is possible offensive actions in the north from the territory of Russia, from the Bryansk region… Not on Kyiv, on the Chernihiv region. The enemy plans to advance deep into the region to stretch the front line and force the Armed Forces of Ukraine to use reserves from active directions,” he said.
Syrsky added that the Russian Federation seeks to penetrate the Chernihiv region solely in order to force the Ukrainian command to withdraw and transfer units from those main important sections of the front, where Ukraine itself is currently conducting active operations and liberating territories, depriving the Armed Forces of operational reserves for further counteroffensives. Джерело: https://censor.net/ua/n4011074
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