"Fog of War". What else is capable of Russia, except for provocations and blackmail, the season of which has already been opened - interview with a military expert
What would you say about the situation in the south? Video day - intensification of the destruction of logistics chains of the Russian army. Quite serious activation that began on Monday morning. We started more actively than it was done earlier to destroy the warehouses, their chains [supply]. Today, the bridges have suffered a little more than they have suffered to this time, and in what specific actions it will all form on our part, we will still look.
- Already yesterday in the morning there were reports of the release of some settlements near the Ingulets bridgehead. Have ours accumulated so much strength and means to squeeze the enemy? If this goes on, how many days or weeks will we be able to see the Ukrainian flag in Kherson somewhere at the city council? - I would now comment on this situation around the Kherson bridgehead. First, she reported the release of these settlements, if I am not betrayed by me, the American side.
There were no official reports from us about the release of these settlements, if you do not count the dry rate on Monday. Therefore, to predict when the Ukrainian flag appears above Kherson, I would now [not dare]. Now such a fog of war is taking place: contradictory data and no message from the Ukrainian side regarding this situation. So let's wait a little. - While Ukraine begins in the south, Russia opens the previously closed airspace for passenger aircraft near the front line.
It is now assumed that the Russians will want to knock down a passenger plane again to blame Ukraine. Can we consider this option somehow? Can you expect anything from these monkeys? - All, anything. And, in fact, provocations about the beating of a aircraft, unfortunately, can be expected. They open the season of provocations, blackmail and pressure. It is worth listing the crimes in Olenivka, and blackmail at the ZPP. We need to be very careful with this issue.
Actually, how can we protect? Just take this into account, let's say so. - The Russians failed to capture the entire Donetsk region by the end of the summer, and this was demanded in the Kremlin. What do you need to understand about Russian actions in the Donbass? - We can say that by the end of August they will not capture the Donetsk region. And I have some doubts that they will capture it by the end of September, and by the end of October - also a big question.
They began in them personnel movements, as they say. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigy paid for his powers. They, like gloves, changed their generals. In fact, their task is complicated by the counter -offensive actions that we hear from the Ukrainian army. And certain hopes they just associate with the formation of this third Army Corps, which is now being transferred to the territory of Ukraine.
There are appropriate doubts about its quality, but let's wait for it to appear on the front, let's see where it will act. And then it will be more accurate to predict where the main power of the Russian army will be. Although, if you mention Putin's recent words that "we continue to release the Donetsk region and the Donbas", I do not think that they will in the near future give up at least these political tasks for "release", so to speak, Donetsk region.
-Military analyst Tom Kuper says: “Ukrainian shelling scared Russian puppies (airborne troops-Ukrainian), forcing them to flee in Kherson region, and left behind the" volunteers "from the so-called 109 DNR regiment. The latter were defeated. If the personnel flee, leaving behind these monkey groups from the occupied Donetsk region, then it can bring the third army corps, except for the additional amount of cannon meat and iron. -Weapons are more or less good.
It is even strange how they gathered it if you see what tanks they drive on the front. There is a T-90 and T-80BM in service with this building. These are the latest tanks of the Russian Federation. But you can repeat who this body was formed. These are Russian reservists, a leopard, they have three -month training. There is a similarity to the territorial defense of Ukraine in its filling, not in essence. These are those people who agreed to sign a contract with this unit with this connection.
Their average age is 50 [years] plus minus. And another contingent consists of people who want to make money or even former prisoners. There are some doubts about the training, military capabilities of these people. As we can see from the time of preparation, it was not very thorough. In my opinion, this corps is limited for effective hostilities against the Ukrainian army. - The Russians will now fight Iranian drones.
Iran for many years under sanctions, but nevertheless drones to release, it turns out, capable. The Americans officially confirmed that Iran had handed over combat unmanned aerial vehicles.
Does this mean that the Russians are no longer capable, they have exhausted everything, and now they have to fly, explore, or even punches with Iranian machines? - It is a huge slap for the Russian MIC, which despite all its advertising statements, which is full [set] of different drones, everything is very cool, forced to buy these drones from Iran.
And this, by the way, is one of the reasons for the possible deprivation of the powers of Sergei Shoigu, who [exaggerated] his leadership on the real capabilities of the Russian army, including in such a realm as unmanned aircraft. Again, this has to be limited to delight. They purchased drones to hunt Himars. This is their first task - the destruction of these jet systems that caused them very much harm.
But I also heard that there is some complaint from the Russians to the technical condition of these drones. There were some problems with these devices. Now they are solved. However, let's wait for the first whipped device to us, and what effect they will bring. I heard that we learned to fight the strength of the Russians to destroy our Himars.
Apparently, have you heard that we have placed mulagas? - Yes, it's a chic story! Fight drones with the help of pallets from a construction supermarket! - This is great. And given the quality of the image that these drones are issued (saw the appropriate footage of these systems), there is a certain hope that we will be able to deceive these drones. These testimonies that they have a technical problem, give some doubts that they will soon appear at the Ukrainian Military Theater.
- Information that they have already spent 10 missiles of $ 6. 5 million each on the defeat of these wooden structures means that someone works for misinformation of the enemy, and does it work? - Absolutely. This is a very wide system. Information, misinformation, placement of false goals, placement of false starting positions and so on. This is to mislead the enemy. - About the situation in the East. Kharkiv is fired, restless all over the Donetsk region.
Will the so -called Third Army Corps be delivered there? - He is not rubber, this army building. How much is there? 10,000 people. If they are dissolved throughout the front line, it is not of great benefit. It will be sent somewhere. I suspect that it is still south, because there is a rather alarming situation for the Russian army in connection with our actions. In the East, the situation is stable in the plan that they are trying to attack this Donbass Arc, including in the Kharkiv region.
Attempts are attempted. This is both the Izium direction, the Donbass arc, Bakhmut, Soledar. Attempted to attack sands, a little lower. But they have no great success there so far, although we know it perfectly that their restraints are paid for by the great blood of our soldiers. And the situation related to the artillery work of Russian units is quite serious.
- In the East, our troops have a shortage of artillery and shells? Are we waiting for something to come from the west? - It seems that we have actually thrown away most of the forces just south, to do something there. And left less strength and means in the east. We hope that this Western help will arrive to the east to support our guys who are truly heroically holding positions.
In fact, they prevented Putin and the Russian troops to throw away this advertising political task to occupy the Donetsk region by the end of the summer. - If Kherson is already under effective fire control, we can say - our assignments and locations and locations of the invaders are destroyed to Kherson.
If you think from the occupants who remain on the right bank, what should they do now, except to pack and be ready to run at any time? You can not sit and wait for you to be destroyed today or tomorrow, in five minutes or after 55. - But there is no motivation for the Russians. What can be the motivation there? Imagine you are sprinkled with shells, missiles, you can do nothing, the ways of leaving are cut off.
In order to move behind the Dnieper, you need to inflate the mattresses, cut the rafts from the trees, which are so small in the region, try to cross the left bank. The population hates you. In fact, there is a completely hostile situation for the invaders. What can be the motivation there? There is only the command of the commander to "hold on, to hold on and to stay again, now you will come to you, you are Russian in the pages, you cannot retreat.
" Therefore, everything that will keep there is Russian Matyuk and Russian. And the motivation on our part is clear. It is the liberation of our land. And I think that there can be no better motivation in this matter. - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy advised the inhabitants of Crimea to stay away from military objects. I understand the political importance of this statement.
But from a military point, we can expect that cotton in Crimea will increase? - And there was a report that we were preparing evacuation from Crimea for citizens. This is also very interesting. As for the cotton that will break into the Crimea, it was already. Let's remember the Novofedorivka, Dzhankoy district, warehouses and transformer substation, which, incidentally, was to participate in the transfer of electricity from NPP to the Crimea, in this electricity theft, which the Russians planned.