Terror and tactics of burned ground. Does Russia prepare for the seizure of Sumy region

The bombing of the Sumy region intensified simultaneously with the beginning of fights in Kursk and Belgorod regions, as well as statements of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin about the creation of a "sanitary zone". A half-ton bombs destroy any objects, buildings and shelters. Focus found out whether the enemy was planning a new breakthrough and what to prepare for other regions bordering on Russia. In March 2024, the Russian army began the destruction of the Sumy region.

The region is fired daily with rockets, artillery and aviation. On the night and in the morning of March 20, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at the border territories of the region 16 times, Sumy Regional Military Administration (OVA) reported 65 explosions. The region's police told about 136 strikes of Russians last day throughout the region.

Sumy region from March 11 to March 17 worried about the most difficult times from April 2022, when the invaders left the region, the head of the public relations service with the 117th Separate Brigade of Terroboron Dmitry Lantushenko emphasizes. "The number of blows, the number of arrivals and shelling has increased at times," he said. On March 19, the chairman of the Sumy Regional Military Administration said that in settlements bordering Russia, 40 to 50% of the housing stock was destroyed.

The most powerful shocks are caught by the cabin - 111 such attacks have been recorded in the last week. During the day, the inhabitants of the region hear up to 40 air alarm signals, and during March 12-13, the Russian troops carried out 800 shelling of the region, following the norm of six months of 2023. The managed aircraft (CA) will fly to the border village of Velyka Pisarivka almost daily. In the morning of March 17, the center of this village was destroyed, people were urged to evacuate.

The next day it became known that all children were evacuated from the village. Increasing hostilities in the Sumy region occurs against the backdrop of the raids of volunteers from Legion Freedom of Russia, the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDC) and the Siberian Battalion in Belgorod and Kursk regions of Russia. The Ukrainian territorial defense forces also connect Sumy region shelling with the raids of volunteers in the Russian Federation.

In addition, the Russian President Vladimir Putin after the "Victory" in the election of the Head of State threatened to create a "sanitary zone" in Ukraine to postpone the units of the Armed Forces. The distance should be greater than the radius of Western weapons. The reserve colonel, an expector of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Vladislav Seleznev believes that the occupiers have already started tactics of burned land in the Sumy region, the creation of a "sanitary zone".

The army of the Russian Federation forces to evacuate civilians, to take away all military units and units from the border areas. "Active use of Cab, artillery destroys all living things, which testifies to the realization of the criminal plan of the invaders," - comments the expert of the focus. A buffer is created between Ukraine and the Russian Federation - a distance that does not allow the Armed Forces to impress goals in Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions.

Seleznyov emphasizes that the intensification of strikes in the Sumy region is only the beginning of the creation of a "sanitary zone". Strong destruction does not allow the Ukrainian military to be present in the region, as it is simply nowhere to hide and create engineering fortifications. "The explosion after resetting the cabin weighing one and a half tons will destroy any field shelters.

A similar scenario is possible in the Kharkiv region and all border areas with Russia," the analyst warned. Russian invaders are not preparing for a breakthrough in the Sumy region, its environment and admiration. Classical terror is currently undergoing civilian population in the border zone, according to the coordinator of the group "Information Resistance", military expert Alexander Kovalenko.

In the Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions there are three groups of troops: "Kursk", "Bryansk" and "Belgorod". The latter is the most capable of 17. 5 thousand personnel, just over 100 tanks, 350 armored vehicles, more than 450 units of artillery and about 50 CSFs. The other two groups "Kursk" and "Bryansk" are inferior in power. Each of them includes 16. 5 thousand soldiers, about 80 tanks, 220 armored vehicles, 330 units of artillery and about 20 RSZV.

All three groups are stretched along the border, not grouped for a quick breakthrough, Kovalenko indicates. "Belgorod" group is now engaged in some problems that have arisen in connection with the return of repatriate groups of repatriates. Consider it as a shock force in the direction of Sumy. , plus reserve, "the expert said. Recall that the military of the Armed Forces is occupied by strengthening the first and second lines of defense in Sumy region.