Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
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[ColonelCassad] There were shots with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Borodianka. Apparently, the withdrawal of troops from Kyiv is indeed carried out in the direction of the border with Belarus, from where troops are being transferred near Kharkov and Izyum before the upcoming operation against the main grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass.
What can be said about this withdrawal of troops from Kyiv.
If the upcoming operation on the Left Bank ends with the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, then everyone will talk about the well-thought-out plan of the General Staff.
Indeed, according to official statements, a throw near Kyiv was needed to tie down forces at the first stage, and the assault on Kyiv was not planned. Now they have announced that the goal of the 2nd stage (according to Shoigu) is to defeat the main forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass.
Well, if they are now defeated (that is, those red arrows to the Donetsk-Pavlograd highway that I showed back in the first half of March are filled with content), then everything will really look like a clear adherence to the plan.
But if the task of defeating the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Left Bank fails to be solved, then it will hardly be possible to say that everything is going according to plan.
So it remains to wait for the start of the operation and look at the implementation of the goals that the General Staff has outlined. I believe we will get answers to all questions in the next month.