Not only to delay the forces of the Armed Forces: the three main goals of the Russian Federation on the Kharkiv region (map)

The Ukrainian command reports on the ability to keep the line of defense and significant losses in the ranks of the Army of Russia. The summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces indicates the main directions of hostilities along the lines of vigilant - Lukyanka, vigilant - deep, vigilant - Olynikovo, as well as mur - a hub. Fighting for Vovchansk continues, the enemy threw up to the city up to five battalions, but lost more than 100 invaders in one day.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces recognizes the tactical success of the Russian Army, but declares planning of measures to destroy the enemy, which has been drafted in the defense of the Armed Forces. Russian troops occur in the following areas: According to President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, Russia seeks to stretch Ukrainian forces along the front line during the fighting in Kharkiv region, and therefore attacked the Kharkiv region.

The Pokrovsky direction remains the most difficult: 30 combat clashes occurred in May 12. Russian troops are trying to surround Vovchansk, and also move to the village of Lipka in the north of Kharkov by three motor -rifle battalions. The reserves of the 11th and newly formed 44th Army Corps in the Zhuravlivka villages, Ustinka and Vergilivka of Belgorod region are additionally charged, analysts at the Institute of War Study (ISW).

The capture of Lipts will allow the Russians to fit artillery for regular shelling of Kharkiv, a metropolis with a population of more than a million people. A situation was created, which was in 2022, when the enemy stormed the northern border and occupied settlements on the approaches to Kharkiv, it is said in ISW. With the support of fighters, artillery and drones, Russian troops have seized at least nine settlements in the last three days.

Thousands of civilians run to Kharkiv, saving their lives, says The New York Times, with reference to Western military experts. "Russia has understood the main problem of Ukraine-a lack of people. Increasing the front line is increasing the chances of a breakthrough," Franz-Stefan Gady, a military analyst from Vienna, shares.

According to the head of the Center for Military Legal Research Alexander Musienko, the units of the Russian Federation seek to "semi-point" Kharkiv from the northern, eastern and western sides. The troops go into the region as much as possible to distract the Defense Forces of Ukraine and promotion. "If the Russians see the ability to develop success for promotion, they will continue fighting in the Kharkiv region and transfer reinforcements from other parts of the front," the analyst comments.

According to the expert, the global strategic goal of the RF operation is to stretch the Armed Forces line in the city of Yar and in the Pokrovsky direction. The military command in Kiev will prioritize the protection of Kharkiv region even at the cost of retreat in the Donbass. Hope only for fortifications in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, but if they are broken, will be approached from the east to the Kharkiv region, the expert is sure.

Military expert Oleg Zhdanov saw the third purpose of Russia's offensive - to delay the Armed Forces not so much from Pokrovsky and Kurakhivsky, but from the Kupyansk direction. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have long sought to cut off the logistics of the Ukrainian army in the area. "The process of cutting through the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces by the Siversky Donetsk River to interrupt logistics from Kharkiv is already going.

Proof of this - undermined bridges across the river," he said in communication with focus. The further course of hostilities depends on the enemy's desire to introduce more units. So far, the invaders are traveling for the forces of two brigades, mostly infantry. The Armed Forces are coping, but if more equipment is introduced into the battle, the situation will be complicated. Time plays against Ukraine, warned Zhdanov. Kharkiv is a symbol for Putin - the first capital of Soviet Ukraine.

However, as of May 13, it is not visible that they have enough strength and means to approach the city, notes the analyst. Tibo Fuyier, Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategic and Defense Research in France, is convinced that the offensive in the Kharkiv region will have a low -significant impact on a full -scale war as a whole. The fighting stopped in a tactical deaf corner.