A Ukrainian soldier walks in a trench on the front line in Lugansk, Donbas. Photo: AFP
The howl of thousands of mermaids in the fifteen major cities of Ukrainewith more than 240 flights of Russian military aviation bombing targets and surrounding maneuvers nine forward axes in the east and south of the country, ahead of early Monday morning what kyiv television is considering “the beginning of Russia’s last offensive”About the rich region of the Donbas.
They were planted there two small republics Russian-ranked who sought the recognition of President Vladimir Putin and incorporated into the Russian Federation.
Vaym Denyeseko, adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, said that the Russians “They are building up and spreading their forces.”
“The great battles we expect have not started yet, but we can say that the offensive has begun”, The official commented.
Ukrainian soldiers fired from the front line in Luhansk. Photo: AFP
Ten days ago, the Russians had to change their strategy of occupying the whole of Ukraine, surrounding the capital kyiv, in the face of intense resistance from the Ukrainian armed forces, which resulted in numerous casualties. The kyiv government estimated that 19,500 Russian militaryincluding nine generals, were killed.
Putin’s order rearrange the war machine and the strategic objectives, to focus the Russian invasion in the east of Ukraine and in the south, to fully occupy the territory and isolate Ukraine from the Black Sea coastwhere Odessa is located.
This magnificent metropolis, which when it was owned by Russia was baptized “the Saint Petersburg of the south”, this city of one million inhabitants is considered an architectural and cultural gem, in addition to being the main port on the Black Seaflowing into the Mediterranean.
Then attack 26 cities in the first phase of aggression, the change of strategy began by the replacement of the military responsible for the aggression. The new commander of 160,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine is General Dmitri Dvornikov, 61, called by rumors. “the executioner of Syria”.
Convinced of the military’s line fire groundDvornikov applied to that country the tradition of Russian warfare with the use of artillery capital, aerial bombardment and infantry that not asking or giving a quarter.
In 2015 that work was completed and now he has reappeared in a position at the first level. The goal is also rearrange troops and lines of action.
The reorganization of troopsthe
Russian forces were organized by General Dvornikov on three groups in military districts.
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