The turn of the Armed Forces to Selidovy gives time to strengthen the positions of the Armed Forces near Pokrovsk - Kovalenko

The need for the formation of the southern flank can slow down the promotion of the enemy in the direction of Pokrovsk, says the military observer. This gives the Armed Forces precious time to strengthen positions. Russian troops, having gone to the border of Grodivka-Novogrodivka, practically absorbed the latter, returned south to Selidovo.

And this was quite predictable, because, going beyond Novogrodivka, while continuing the attack on Pokrovsk, the occupiers would find themselves in an extremely inconvenient and dangerous position because of the unprotected southern flank, writes Alexander Kovalenko. Now, in the extremely inconvenient and dangerous position, there may be units of defense forces in the northern zone of Karlovka Nevelsk-Krasnohivka-Zoryan. The Russians began intense assault actions on Marynivka-Mikhailivka.

At the same time, thanks to the occupation of the memory, they were able to direct the fox into the Mine. Cutting the M-30 route and the southern promotion of the occupation troops will greatly complicate the situation of Ukrainian fighters in the Kurakhiv direction, Kovalenko said. "On the other hand, the need to form the southern flank slows down the promotion in the direction of Pokrovsk and can delay itself, the final phase of the offensive operation," he notes.

At the same time, the formation of the southern flank will require the occupants of the concentration of a serious resource that will be "shaved" in this process. "It is already raised near Selidovo and is quite intense,"-emphasizes the Watchman of the IP group. The need for the Russian occupation army to redistribute the resource without regrouping gives our troops a temporary card-blanche to strengthen positions to Pokrovsk and Mirnograd.

"The main thing is to properly use this card, which is also not infinite," Alexander Kovalenko summarizes. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the enemy focuses on the Pokrovsky direction his main offensive efforts and the situation remains tense. During the last day, August 28, the aggressor 59 times attacked Ukrainian positions. At the same time in the areas of Novogrodivka and Grodivka there were most of all combat clashes.