Kilometers of Russian armored vehicles were advancing on a highway towards eastern Ukraine. Photo: AP
The Russians continue to form forces and have already talked about an attack device Great offensive which they are preparing 170 thousand soldiers to occupy the entire Ukrainian East and South. Absolute priority to success in the very rich region of the Donbas to certainly consolidate Russian power in the small republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
One of the war’s most knowledgeable journalists, Yaroslav Trofinov of the Wall Street Journal, reiterated that “the date of the attack the Russians will put it on ”. Hours, days or weeks, but “when the right time comes”.
World War II maneuver styles are scattered on the maps. broad trend of thousands of tanks by the plains that dominate the geography of the east.
Russian military vehicle convoys are moving east. Photo: AP
Surrounding maneuvers to isolate and surround the Ukrainians, who already have in the east his best brigades, along with veterans who have fought since 2014 in the low-intensity war for control of the affluent region of Donbas, where two small Russophile republics are located; a battle that left 14,000 dead.
The Russians They don’t want to repeat mistakes which failed in the first phase of the invasion that began on February 24.
Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Gen. Alexander Dvornikovthat Russia’s military tradition of mass attacks using powerful artillery shells, missiles and rockets along with aerial bombardment has been successfully carried out in Syria and elsewhere until it is achieved. the burning ground and open the way for tanks and infantry.
General Dvornikov seek more autonomy for military command, after the first stage of the invasion they reached the theaters of war too many direct orders from Moscow. Putin granted it.
The recruitment of recent weeks has called many soldiers into that service they retired in 2012in search of improve material quality tao. In the first stage, Ukrainian and Western calculations add to the losses of nearly 20,000 dead Russian soldiers.
This recruitment takes more time. The offensive has already begun but preparations are still ongoing. The railway specialists they fix many lines needed to serve people and ways. They have already placed the networks sabotaged by Ukrainians in Kupyuansk, Kharkov, Izium and Svatove.
The advantage of Russia
have the russians a huge advantage. The eastern Ukrainian border on the Russian border. From Rostov-on-Don, the land of the Cossacks, go north a great highway which has become an important artery today through which military supplies and reinforcements flow south from all over Russia,
A great highway that these days has become an important artery through which Russian supplies flow to the south. Photo: EFE
Maneuvers draw various tweezers who seeks to create pockets of Ukrainian troops. The columns descend from the north coming from Kharkov, Ukraine’s second largest metropolis, and the city of Izium, which has become a strategic hub.
In the eastern direction, from the Russian border, the troops advanced towards Lugansk and Donetsk. From the Crimean peninsula, which merged in 2014, the Russians are moving in the direction of Kherson, Militopol and Berdyansk.
Strategic and tactical moves, according to some experts, suggest that there will be a great battle around and for the presence of the city of Slovyank as a result of Russia’s force to consolidate the conquest of the Donbas.
One tactic used by experts is the isolate and surround the pockets of Ukrainian troops to hammer them by aerial and artillery bombardment, but without direct contact until they are reduced.
the ukrainians they know the terrain better and they will try to speed up the movement of their battalions as much as possible. The east and south plains in favor of the russians.
For Ukrainians it will be more difficult to gather large forces and utensils. They will try to divide the Russians into two parts. They say that Zaporizha, a southern city that has failed to be captured by invading troops, could be a critical point if the Ukrainians surround it and quickly descend, in order to completely cut the front in two.
One problem for the Russians is the expanse of the Ukrainian plains, yung mukhang the pampas of Argentina. Some drawings on the map are unrealistic because the moved to geographical reality means up to two thousand kilometers. More troops are needed to close those gaps.
A major factor that now puts the Russians in a hurry is the arms supplies from the West that are empowering the Ukrainians.
Intelligence sources indicate that it has reached a dozen speeds of daily flight west of the country, from which the Russians retreated. there is also continuous in-and-out of trucksvans and smaller vehicles carrying weapons on the ground from Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary, no visible Russians.
North American President Joe Biden has announced shipments of $ 700 million, bringing U.S. contributions to nearly two billion.
is expected a leap in quality with more offensive weapons. Such as M17 helicopters capable of attacking Russian armor and other vehicles in battles in the Donbas. The Pentagon will study the provision of intermediate-range artillery with Howitzer howitzers, drones for coastal defense and protection equipment in the event of a chemical, biological and nuclear attacks.
The US Aid Machine in Ukraine was extended depending on the second stage of the war who promises to be decisive. Deputy Defense Minister Kathleen Hicks met with directors of eight private companies that make weapons suitable for Ukrainians.
Czech Republic gave soviet tanks that the ukrainians they know how to drive and Slovak artillery groups. Meanwhile, European countries are increasing shipments of thousands of Javelin anti-tank and Stinger anti-aircraft weapons. Ukrainians demand all kinds of ammunition which is starting to run out.
The danger of a nuclear bomb
It was learned that Ukrainian soldiers were being brought to the West to be trained in handling new weapons.
The overall picture introduces a dramatic element: if the Russians were tired of the Great Offensive initiative and the vast spaces of the Ukrainian plains were ruined by more than one surrounding maneuver, the arrival of offensive weapons from the West may be illuminates Vladimir Putin’s favorite fuse to deal with the crisis.
Again threatened to enter the battlefield, as a demonstrative effect, a tactical nuclear bomb, to show that he was ready to dive into a war he could not win on a hellish level.
Rome, correspondent
ap
Source: Clarin
