The Russian Federation was aimed at Zaporozhye: whether the real threat of offensive and what is Transnistria here

He believes that most likely, Russia will not throw troops from the Kursk region, because there are still fighting. "If they weaken the concentration of troops there, then it is likely to lead to a new breakthrough into the depths of their territories. Moreover, we see that now it begins to flash the border of Belgorod region. Therefore, they will definitely not move these troops," Tymochko said.

Later, the Armed Forces Major Valery Prozapas stated that the Russian Federation is planning an offensive in Zaporozhye, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odessa - a key strategic goal is to unite the occupied Crimean corridor with Transnistria. "The Russians are preparing bridgeheads for offensive, including Zaporozhye. This must be clearly aware. Zaporozhye is one of the strategic cities for them, although, of course, not as priority as the Odessa direction.

Zaporizhzhia, of course, needed, because it is an outpost, capturing which they will be able to move further in the south, already forcing the Dnieper not where they are convenient, in the Kherson area, namely from Zaporozhye. According to a military expert, the expectorant of the SBU Ivan Stupak, as of today, it can be said that the Russian Federation is trying to improve its situation in the Zaporozhye region, in the direction of the city of Zaporozhye.

There are such attempts, the enemy puts pressure. Since May last year, the Ukrainian military has recorded suspicious activity from that direction. But important: this activity was observed not only in one direction, for example, from the occupied Mariupol to Tokmak, but also in different directions. "If we talk about recent events, for example, the battle for the Greater Novosilka ended. However, the further offensive of the enemy is not observed at this time. Media.

To understand the scale: in November, Russia captured about 700 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory, while in the first half of March - only 30. Currently, the dynamics are clearly not in favor of the occupiers, the expert emphasizes. "There are no such information about conversations about thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Russians who are standing in the Crimea and are getting ready for the offensive and I cannot confirm it.

According to a military expert, Transnistria has always been in the focus of Russia. However, one should understand one thing: if Ukraine falls, Moldova will become the next victim. This is a fact that Moldovan analysts also indicate. However, as of now, Russia has no real chance of breaking to Transnistria. To do this, they need to: force the Dnieper and capture Kherson; go in the direction of Odessa, seize it; Then move to the border with Moldova.

"There is another option - landing in the Odessa region. It was such plans in the Russian Federation. Going back will be one way. We will remind, in the Pokrovsky direction Russian invaders with a column of equipment with tricolor tried to storm the positions of defense forces in the area of ​​Andreevka. Ukrainian defenders repelled the hostile assault and destroyed all 12 units of Russian armored equipment.