They want to spend a distracting blow: a military expert told about the intentions of the Russian Federation in Zaporozhye

The purpose of the enemy is to identify the loopholes in Ukrainian defense to strengthen the offensive in the Zaporozhye direction, said the head of the Center for Military Legal Research Alexander Musienko in a comment to RBC-Ukraine. "After the troops of the Russian Federation transferred part of their groups from the Zaporizhzhya direction to the Kursk region, they conducted complementing and regrouping.

Accordingly, today they have somewhat thrown back up as much as possible and prepare offensive and assault actions in the Zaporozhye direction," the expert said. The offensive in Zaporizhzhya can intensify in order to distract the attention of the Armed Forces from the Kursk region, stretch Ukrainian troops in different areas of the front and prevent the transfer of Ukrainian units to the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv direction, where heavy fighting is now being sharpened by Alexander Musienko.

"That is not some strategic offensive directly for the purpose of Zaporozhye or its admiration," he explained. However, the expert warned that the risks should not be underestimated, as the enemy will try to find weaknesses in Ukrainian defense and move on. In addition, Musienko sees political and political goals in the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. "Perhaps in this way, the aggressor wants to demonstrate that he has not abandoned his intentions to capture Zaporozhye.

But I think it is only intentions to use it then at possible negotiations,"-suggested the head of the Center for Military Legal Research. In his opinion, herself seek to prepare "trumps", levers of pressure for negotiations, which are possible after the inauguration of Donald Trump in January 2025.

The Russians are concentrated on the full occupation of the Donetsk region and are now conducting active assault actions in the Kurakhiv and Pokrovsky directions, accordingly, the distance from the front line to the Dnipropetrovsk region is reduced, Musienko said. However, he noted that the Armed Forces are currently restraining the enemy near Kurakhov, and the occupiers lack the strength even for the simultaneous advance towards Pokrovsk, so Dnipropetrovsk region is afraid of nothing.

"So I would not talk about the Dnipropetrovsk region now. Because if you look and mathematically calculate how much the enemy has advanced since October 2023, from when Russian troops are leading this offensive in the East, you can see that these are quite such and minor results, If you multiply this at the time that the aggressor needed, "the expert explained.

Although the Armed Forces restrained the enemy in the Donetsk region and for panic there are no grounds, to build a defense line in the Dnipropetrovsk region still will not hurt to be ready for any events in the future, the expert said, we note, the NSDC Head of the NSDC stated that the Russian Federation was being prepared Tactical assault actions in the Zaporozhye direction, although they do not have enough strength to start the offensive on Zaporozhye itself.