"Only local attacks": Russia's actions do not have a strategic military character - GUR

The representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vadim Skybitsky in a comment to Financial Times stated that a year and a year and a year after a year from the beginning of large -scale aggression against Ukraine, the Russian Federation still tries to enter the administrative borders of Donetsk region. According to Skybitsky, the Kupyan direction remains one of the places where the Russians try to attack and are not in static defense.

The invaders do not have success there, but they continue to attempt to achieve at least minimal goals of aggressive armed war against Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine's security and defense forces continue their offensive on several sections of the front. Skibitsky noted that after a half-year-old large-scale aggression, Moscow is still trying to achieve the minimum task-to enter the administrative borders of Donetsk region.

However, all actions of the Russian Army are devoid of signs of a military strategy. However, the current actions of the Army of the aggressor state on the front are devoid of signs of strategy. "The operations performed by Russia do not have a strategic military nature, it is only localized attacks," Vadim Skibitsky said.

According to operational information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces as of August 18, in Kupyansk direction the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the Sinkivka area of ​​Kharkiv region. The enemy struck aviation in the areas of Petropavlivka and Kucherivka of Kharkiv region. Eight settlements came under artillery and mortar shelling: two -year, Kupyansk, Kucherivka, Kurilovka, starch Kharkiv region and Nadiya of Luhansk region.

We will remind, on August 18 it was reported that Russian ships in the Black Sea are dispersed and trying to hide. According to Natalia Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for OK, the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation is nervous and awaiting new attacks by Ukraine's defense forces. In addition, on August 17, the Armed Forces confirmed that the Crimean bridge did not work 100%.