The offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Kharkiv region: in the army explained where and why the invaders went (video)

On May 15, the Chairman of the Randaments Board of Land Forces Ivan Timochko shared the head of the Teleterna. According to him, the operation of Russia in Kharkiv region and was not planned as operational or strategic, its main purpose - information. The enemy tries not so much to move deep into the region as to increase the propaganda influence. This explains that the Russian Federation was thrown on the offensive of the infantry, almost without attracting heavy equipment with armored groups.

"The task was to create the situation of fighting in Kharkiv in order to attract our reserves. We can tighten (forces - ed. ) And they could see how many reserves we can attract, what kinds of birth troops in this direction, what technique we have, even ways of displacement. The city of Vovchansk is located 3-5 kilometers from the border. The military explained that the infantry is an hour or two walking. However, even so, Russian invaders are not able to capture the settlement.

"Around Vovchansk and built their corresponding fortifications, which are built within urban buildings. But this is not even the line of defense that is built in Kharkiv region, it is still quite far away. It is good that the enemy is beaten on the approaches, not in depth ", - emphasized the chairman of the reservist council. In order to go to Kupyansk, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation must overcome at least 75 kilometers.

Timochko assured that it is impossible to do so with the resources that have the enemy. However, there is now an activation of enemy armored vehicles, which looks like a distraction maneuver. "At the operational level, they still forced our troops to attract additional reserves-additional forces and means that we could use for blows to enemy troops in the east or in the south," Timochko said. At the same time, he assured that at the tactical level Russia did not reach its tasks.

The most successful, according to the military, can be considered the information operation, because attention is really drawn to Kharkiv region. Recall that ISW analysts reported on May 14 that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is used in the north of the Kharkiv region a new tactic of storms. This is confirmed by the frames removed over Vovchansk. The Atesh guerrillas stated that Russian units suffered significant losses in Kharkiv region.