The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is planning an environment or half -point of Sumy: the Kremlin's intentions were revealed in the General Staff - BBC
The plans of Russians on Sumy and Kharkiv region "BBC News Ukraine" writes on April 11, citing an anonymous source in the leadership of the Armed Forces. According to journalists, in recent weeks, the Ukrainian command moves additional units to the Sumy and Kharkiv direction to restrain the invaders, and are currently fighting in the area of Basivka, Novenko, Zhuravka and Veselivka in Sumy region.
According to the anonymous source of publication in the General Staff, the Kremlin has the idea to create a buffer zone in the Sumy region and threaten the regional center. "One of the goals is to create an environment or a half -point," the insider said.
In order to prevent the enemy from promoting, the Armed Forces hold the remains of the bridgehead in the area of the villages of Oleshnya and Gornal in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation and began on March 18, the attack in Belgorod region, where it was possible to break Russian defense and fix themselves in the area of the settlements of Demidovka and Popivka, writes.
On April 8, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky officially confirmed the fighting of the Armed Forces in the Belgorod region. "We continue to take active actions in the border areas in the enemy, and it is absolutely fair - the war should return to where it came. The main goal is still to protect our land as much as possible, to protect our communities in Sumy region, in Kharkiv region from the Russian occupiers," the president said.
During the press conference on April 9, according to journalists, Zelensky explained that the Ukrainian offensive in the Belgorod region allowed to stretch Russian units on the front line and not allow the enemy to form an offensive "fist" for attack in Sumy and Kharkiv directions. The Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky said in April 9, the interview said that the invaders had launched a new offensive in Sumy and Kharkiv region.
He noted that over the last week, the number of hostile offensive actions has almost doubled in all areas of the front. The head of the Center for Combating Misinformation (CPD) Andriy Kovalenko on the same day said that the offensive on Sumy and Kharkiv was not talking about today, and the head was referring to the activation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of Sumy and Kharkiv regions, not regional centers.