The offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the north: Colonel of the Armed Forces told if the enemy could break into Kharkiv (video)

He noted that the Kremlin wanted to show at least some success on the front. "After Putin's inauguration and" Connection Day "took place, and they were unable to show the main result in the part concerning the conquest of the time ravine, and most importantly - to realize such an old strategic task - to enter the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk, they need Although some successes, ”said Petro Chernik.

He noted that there will also be a serious global event in June - a peaceful summit in Switzerland, it will be involved in more than one hundred countries, especially from the global south, which President Vladimir Putin considers as his platform. Therefore, he must show some positive results that he can achieve something in Ukraine. Nowadays, the occupiers have not increased the great potential in order to overcome 40 kilometers to Kharkiv.

"Whether it is obligatory to build up, it will depend on our defense skill," the expert explained. According to Chernyk, the Russians also want to distract Ukrainian forces and means. In particular, the enemy was partly. Moreover, 14 new mechanized divisions, 16 brigades and two all -military armies were created in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, up to 300 thousand people. According to the expert, such actions of the enemy are absolutely logical.

However, in the strategic sense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, they did not propose something dramatically new, what Ukrainians would not understand. Instead, it is important to properly organize shunting defense. "The first round, no matter how strange it may sound, in our favor - they could not organize a breakthrough operation for at least 15 km," Petro Chernik added.

We will remind, on May 12, a representative of GUR MOU Andriy Yusov informed that intelligence knew about the plans of the enemy on the offensive in Kharkiv region. According to him, the actions of the enemy in the region began according to the known schedule. On the same day, military expert Oleksandr Musienko said that the enemy wants to half -point Kharkiv from the northern, eastern and western directions. He stressed that this is observed in terms of the logic of the forces involved.