Ukrainian Blitzkrig: The Armed Forces of the Armed Forces in the Belgorod region will break the army of the Russian Federation into pieces - expert

This option is possible if Ukrainian defenders are "brave enough" and Western allies are "not too meticulous", says British military analyst Stuart Crawford, giving an interview with an Express newspaper on May 31. Of course, the most predominant and perhaps the most obvious option is the movement of defense forces to the south from the Zaporozhye district in the direction of Melitopol and further to the northern shores of the Azov Sea, Crawford said.

This maneuver, if successful, cut the land bridge between Russia and Crimea and seriously disorients Russian forces in the south of Ukraine. In addition, such a blow will give the opportunity to return to the West, to collapse Russian forces in the Kherson region with the threat of Crimea. But the invaders are well aware of this, and therefore they have prepared numerous lines of defense in the depths to reflect the blow.

Another option may be a counter -offensive in Bakhmut, where Russian troops are able to surround. However, there is another opportunity that can be realized by the "sufficient courage" of the Ukrainian command - a blow to Russian territory in the Belgorod region. The analyst drew attention to the weakness in the protection of the region, where the fighting between the Russian units and fighters of the "Russian Volunteer Corps" and the Legion "Freedom of Russia" has recently been.

"What if Ukrainians take advantage of this weakness and cause a wide left blow that will hit the Russian territory in the Belgorod region and then return to the south?" Crawford says. In his opinion, such a maneuver would allow the Russian "Mazino" line "along the disputed demarcation zone and enter them in the flank - as the Germans with allies through the Ardena in 1940 during the Second World War did. "There are many positive parties to such a bypass.

At the same time, the question remains - whether the Armed Forces has enough strength and means to implement such a plan. However, if this option is successfully implemented, Crawford says, the world will see the strategic victory of the Ukrainian army by the end of 2023. We will remind, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg stated on June 1 that Ukraine has sufficient opportunities to liberate its territories from Russian invaders.