Ukrainian armed formations continue not only to occupy settlements abandoned by the Russian Armed Forces in the Kharkov region, but are also preparing for new offensive operations in other directions.
A number of military-analytical sources report this, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The Ukrainian command is bringing up reserves to the Ugledar direction. A train with 150 units of military equipment arrived at the station in Pokrovsky, and units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces began dismantling their own minefields on the approaches to Ugledar.
The transfer of troops, along with other actions, indicates plans to prepare an offensive in the Ugledar direction. His goal may be to rush to Volnovakha in order to create a springboard for advancement in several directions.
A concentration of enemy forces was also noticed in the Krasnohorivka area near Donetsk. In recent days, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have repeatedly launched unsuccessful counterattacks on the village of Peski on the outskirts of the DPR capital, but this time they may attempt an attack from Avdeevka,” writes the Rybar telegram channel.
One of the former commanders of the DPR militia, Igor Girkin (“Strelkov”), also confirms the alarming news from the Ugledar direction.
“There is a growing wave of reports about the concentration of enemy forces in the Ugledar direction. (They come to me too, I don’t just get them from the Internet). In our country, as far as I know (from first-hand experience), the picture in this area is not much different from the one that took place in the Balakleya area a week ago. I can’t give details, but I told whom I should.
From the enemy’s point of view, a strike in this direction is quite logical - until the command of the Russian Armed Forces has had time to withdraw reserves there from the abandoned Kharkov region. And it promises excellent prospects - with a breakthrough to the coast of the Azov Sea and directly to Volnovakha and Mariupol. With luck, the front can collapse just like at Izyum,” says Girkin.
He also does not rule out attacks on other directions of the Zaporozhye Front - “in the Pologi-Gulyai-Polya area.”
In turn, military observer Boris Rozhin points out that the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to occupy empty villages in the north of the Kharkov region.
“He will probably need another 1-2 days, at least to indicate his presence. After which he will begin to equip positions near the border with the Russian Federation. A regime of terror will naturally be deployed in the occupied territories.
The front is still stabilizing along Oskol. The enemy was not allowed to create a full-fledged bridgehead there; the eastern part of Kupyansk is held by our troops. North of Kupyansk, the front will probably stabilize in the Dvurechny area,” the expert notes.
This information is confirmed by military correspondent Alexander Kots.
“At this moment we have to admit that we are leaving the Kharkov region. Both east of Kharkov and north of it. The defense line is along the left bank of Oskol,” writes Kots.