Why aren't they transferring troops to protect Belgorod from being captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces?
Russia has not yet transferred troops from the Northern Military District zone to protect the Belgorod region.
This was stated on Radio NV by the Secretary of the Committee on National Security and Defense of the Verkhovna Rada, a participant in the punitive operation against the LDPR, SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“We don’t see any changes in the tactical situation, so that, for example, they would remove something somewhere near Bakhmut and take it to the Belgorod region, or from Zaporozhye, or from Kherson.
They have (attacks on Belgorod - ed.) the scale is not so large that they cannot find resources at the expense of the police, at the expense of the FSB, at the expense of border guards or some reserve units and localize the actions that exist.
Therefore, they will do this, understanding that the occupied territories are still more important for them,” Kostenko said.
Former Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Strelkov explains the idea of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
“If you scrape together reserves (and you will need a lot of them), put together a strike force and try to create a “security zone” on the territory of the Kharkov region (30-40 kilometers deep (at least) - then, firstly, it is not a fact that it will work out (to surrender the territories it’s always easier than taking it), secondly, the entire assembled group in the end (whatever the outcome may be - whether successful or not) will “get stuck” in this sector of the front and using it as a reserve will not be possible at all.
And the enemy - that’s all he needs - he has enough “second-rate” units and formations to support the newly formed front line without much strain, without touching the strike reserve corps, ready to rush in the direction of the Sea of Azov.
That is, launching an offensive on the border of the Belgorod region is a “game according to the enemy’s rules” with a corresponding final result. The Russian General Staff and the Kremlin probably understand this.”
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