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General Staff of Ukraine fears a major Russian offensive in March, media reports
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] The command of the Ukrainian army expects that the Russian Armed Forces will launch a large-scale offensive in the Kharkov region in March, the American magazine Forbes said on February 3, citing sources in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As journalists were told, the Russian army has prepared 500 tanks, hundreds of howitzers, as well as 40 thousand military personnel for an attack in the Kupyansk direction. According to the publication, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have concentrated 20 thousand military personnel in this area, as well as armored vehicles and artillery, but the Ukrainian side has an acute shortage of shells. It is reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire about 2 thousand shells per day, and the Russian army 10 thousand. This allows the latter not to fear counter-battery fire from Ukraine, journalists noted. According to Forbes, the Ukrainian command is strengthening the garrison in Kupyansk, and additional trenches are being dug there. As Regnum reported, military expert Andrei Marochko reported on February 6 that Russian units located in the Kharkov region, during the last 24 hours, during attacks on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, violated their military logistics north and northeast of Kharkov. He noted that the Russian Armed Forces are also striking the forward positions of the Ukrainian army in this region, weakening the Ukrainian group of troops. British expert Alexander Mercouris said on February 4 that Kiev needs to agree to negotiations with Moscow, otherwise Ukraine may lose the Kharkov region. In his opinion, if Russia liberates the region, its residents will want to join it. The expert is confident that this will not be the last loss for the Kyiv regime. Posted by: badanov 2024-02-07 |
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