Only 4 people knew about the Armed Forces on the Kursk region: Syrsky told how the operation was planned

According to him, on the eve of the Kursk offensive, he literally traveled all the units and told everyone what Ukraine should go there because the commanders asked if it was legal. "If you remember, last summer the situation was so critical to us - the enemy started an offensive operation. At first he wanted to step on Kharkiv, but we managed to ahead of him in actions. The enemy did not expect that we had any reserves.

We managed to bring seven brigades for rotation, and when it became clear that the enemy would be able to. According to him, the invaders planned to carry out a strategic offensive after the completion of combat coordination of the 44th Army Corps, the number of which ranged from 140-160 thousand. They planned to advance in two directions - Kharkiv and Sumy. Instead, Ukraine ahead of the Russian Federation and nominated its troops before the 44th Army Corps was combat.

These actions became unexpected for the Russian command, and it decided to advance the forces they had at that time. According to Ukrainian data, the Russians were about 46 thousand in the Belgorod area and 23-26 thousand in the Sumy direction. "Next you know - the actions began, they turned out to be unsuccessful, because the enemy of the ovary in Vovchansk.

After that, the enemy regrouped, completed the preparation of 44 Corps, and in fact, from mid-June, he began to step on the time of Yar, Toretsk, New York, Pokrovsk, Zaporozhye, in Kupyansk, in Lymansky. "The situation was critical, and in these circumstances it was necessary to do something in order to loosen the pressure of the enemy as much as possible.

At this point, the Ukrainian command noticed that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation transferred their forces from the border with Sumy region to the Kharkiv direction, and thus exposed their border.

Due to the fact that Ukraine managed to complete the five brigades that replaced the Brigades of the DShV in the Toretsky direction and in the area of ​​the time ravine, to withdraw them and prepare "actually from the wheels", they were able to start the offensive on the Kurshchyna on August 6. "The main thing we managed to keep it secret. No one knew. At first four people, then, of course, knew the commanders already directly 2 weeks before the offensive actions.

But it required very detailed, careful training. He noted that on the eve of the offensive, he literally traveled all units, company, met with soldiers and told everyone why Ukraine was going there and why it was here, because even the commanders who asked the question whether it was legal. We will remind that earlier Alexander Sirsky said that the Armed Forces planned to release Bakhmut and Soledar, but they simply did not have enough strength.