US intelligence believes that the Armed Forces will not be able to reach the main goal of a counter -offensive - WP

According to journalists, states believe that the Armed Forces will not be able to move directly to Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region, and will stop somewhere near him. US intelligence believes that the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces will not be able to achieve its main goal - occupied Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region. About it writes the publication of The Washington Post with reference to its own sources.

According to journalists, a secret forecast of analysts of American intelligence came into their hands. A gloomy grade is based on the skill of Russian troops to protect the occupied territories with the help of mine fields and trenches. The publication writes that, according to the forecast, the Ukrainian forces will be able to stop near Melitopol, without reaching the city. Journalists tried to contact the office of the US National Intelligence, but they refused comments there.

The material states that Melitopol is crucial for the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces, because it is considered a "gate" to the Crimea. The city is located at the intersection of two important highways and railway branches that allow Russia to transfer a military contingent from the peninsula to other occupied territories in the south of Ukraine. Earlier, German journalists wrote that the Armed Forces lost 31 pieces of equipment in the Battle of Staromayorsk.