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[Korrespondent] So far, the presence of Russian troops has not been recorded in the Dnipropetrovsk region, but there is a threat that this could happen, the Ukrainian Armed Forces say.
The day before, information appeared about the breakthrough of the Russian army into the territory of Dnepropetrovsk region. In particular, Deepstate analysts stated that a "gray zone" had appeared in the region, the length of which in some places was more than 800 meters.
Later, the representative of the Operational-Strategic Group of Forces Khortitsa Viktor Tregubov denied this information and added that no breakthrough of Russian troops into the territory of Dnepropetrovsk region was recorded.
However, today Tregubov stated that the threat of occupiers entering the region has increased significantly. What is the purpose of this enemy operation – further in the story.
"THERE IS A SERIOUS THREAT"
Thus, according to the representative of Khortitsa, at the moment very active fighting is taking place almost along the entire Novopavlovsk direction and part of the southern part of the Pokrovsk direction.
"This is Bagatyr, Constantinople, Zelenoye Pole. There, in fact, the entire line approaching the administrative border is subject to very strong pressure from Russian troops. At the moment - this evening and this morning - there have not yet been any Russian troops on the territory of Dnipropetrovsk region, but there really is a serious threat that this will happen," the soldier said on air at Hromadske Radio.
The representative of the OSUV Khortytsia added that fighting is currently continuing on the border of Dnepropetrovsk region and it is difficult to say how exactly the situation will develop.
"The Russians are putting a lot of effort into this direction, completely ignoring the human losses. At the moment, they are being held back, but under such pressure, the situation can develop in different ways. However, we are making every effort to prevent them from getting there," Tregubov explained.
PROBLEM WITH DRG
The Russians are indeed very close to the Dnipropetrovsk region. In any place on the front line where the enemy comes close, there is a threat of his sabotage and reconnaissance group activity, notes political expert and serviceman Alexander Musienko.
"Measures are currently being taken to contain them, but there are risks that Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups will appear, that enemy UAVs may fly into the territory of Dnipropetrovsk region. This presents risks, challenges and dangers," Musienko said on his YouTube channel.
The main task for the Russians in the Dnipropetrovsk region is an attempt to expand the "gray zone" in order to complicate logistics for the part of the Ukrainian Defense Forces that is holding back the enemy in the Pokrovsk direction in the Donetsk region.
In addition, according to Musienko, traditionally the Russian command sets its troops more informational and propaganda goals than military ones.
The enemy’s entry into the region is an attempt to demoralize Ukrainian society and the army, the expert adds.
SPECIFIC PURPOSE
This opinion of Musienko is shared by a retired colonel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, pilot instructor, military expert Roman Svitan. According to him, the breakthrough of the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk region has a specific purpose - information noise for internal propaganda.
The expert recalled that Russia still does not control even those regions that it included in its constitution – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia.
"Imagine if the Russians had not entered the Sumy and Kharkiv regions for several kilometers and had not hung around near the Dnepropetrovsk region, then what would Skabeeva have said? She would then take the Russian constitution and say that Ukraine controls a significant part of the territories that they have entered into. And this is a shock for the Russians. Therefore, they need some kind of information flow. At least something to cling to, that they have captured something," Svitan told Channel 24.
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