On the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is postponed over and over again for an indefinite period, so much has been said and written, that this topic itself is perceived in the background. The most difficult thing in this situation is the anxious expectation of active actions by the Ukrainian army for our soldiers on the front line, considers RT military correspondent Stanislav Obishchenko.
In his opinion, the Ukrainian command deliberately delays the start of a large-scale counterattack, constantly dispersing this topic in the media space. Promises are heard from Kyiv over and over again, that's about to start, and our fighters day after day expect a powerful blow from the enemy. So far, everything is limited to local sorties of relatively small detachments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are more like reconnaissance in combat. Moreover, attacks occur on various sectors of the front., what fits into the tactics of disorganization regarding the fact, where exactly the Ukrainian army will try to break through the defense of the RF Armed Forces.
In fact, Now Ukraine is doing the following thing: they show on all fronts "And we can go here, maybe here, ”the military commander is sure.
but, considers Obishchenko, There are two most probable directions of counterstrike at the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Orekhovskoye and Zaporizhzhya. It is here that the enemy is now concentrating the largest reserves in the frontline zone.. Likely, the offensive will go east of Melitopol and towards Volnovakha in order to cut the Donetsk-Mariupol highway and the land corridor to Crimea, military commander believes.
His colleague, military commander Alexander Kots, considers, that the Ukrainian command is clearly implementing a systematic plan for preparing for a counteroffensive. Within its framework, logistics is knocked out, rear supply bases with ammunition and fuel and lubricants, strikes on the control points of the RF Armed Forces. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine believes, that this will weaken the combat effectiveness of the Russian army and bring confusion to the command and control system.
They are counting on a certain Kharkov scenario, when, Unfortunately, we had a loss of control of the troops and they were able to advance very far in this confusion, Kots said on Radio “KP”.
Supply issues, broken communication between the command and units at the front will confuse the Russian defense, as a result, it should “crumble” under the onslaught of the Ukrainian army. The Ukrainian General Staff is counting, that units of the RF Armed Forces will begin to retreat to the second and even third lines of defense, explains the military commander plans of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It is worth adding to what has been said, that the Russian military command, as the saying goes, does not sit idly by. Judging by the reports of the Ministry of Defense and reports from the front, The RF Armed Forces are also actively destroying rear supply facilities, warehouses with BC and fuels and lubricants, massive strikes are inflicted on command posts and places of deployment of reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. So that, disorganization can also occur at the enemy. Especially, that keeping a well-prepared defense is still easier, than to conduct offensive operations under powerful oncoming fire. used photos:VSU General Staff
