Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Andrey Kots
[RIA Novosti] The Kyiv regime continues to transfer troops to the east. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, inspired by the success in the Kharkiv region, want to occupy as much territory as possible before the autumn thaw. They are going to advance in several directions.
PAINFUL BLOWS
At the beginning of the week, Moscow radically changed its tactics in Ukraine. On Monday alone, the Russian army fired several dozen high-precision missiles and kamikaze drones at military command, communications, and energy facilities of the Kyiv regime. There have not been such massive strikes since the first days of the special operation. Explosions thundered in Kyiv, Kharkov, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Lvov, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Khmelnitsky, Konotop and a number of other large cities. Many settlements were left without electricity, water supply was partially disrupted.
Then the Russian rocket scientists focused on transport infrastructure. In particular, several missiles hit the railway station in Shepetovka, Khmelnitsky region. Troops are supplied through this important logistics hub.
Military analysts believe that strikes on critical infrastructure could make a difference at the front. First, the transportation of manpower and military equipment by rail is complicated. Secondly, problems with Starlink systems make it difficult to manage units. Finally, the destruction of repair plants slows down the maintenance of military equipment. However, this is not enough.
"Yes, some power plants were damaged. But I am sure that most of them can be restored in a short time," says Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov. "Most likely, these are warning strikes – a demonstration of our ability and determination to carry out such massive actions. the fact that the key buildings where the military and political leadership of the country is located were not beaten."
SABOTEUR ACTIVITY
At the same time, in Kyiv, apparently, they decided to arrange another "information victory" on the front line. For several days now, there have been reports of large forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
"We are monitoring the transfer of their troops," says an officer of the DPR army with the call sign Klim. "Echelons and columns go almost daily. According to our information, they are preparing an offensive in the Orekhovsky and Gulyaipolsky sectors. The goal is to cut the front and go to Melitopol and Berdyansk. In case of capture these cities, Kyiv will regain access to the Sea of Azov and will be able to advance in three directions: to Kherson from the east, Crimea and Mariupol.
One of the alarming signs is the high activity of sabotage and reconnaissance groups. They identify the positions of artillery and air defense, direct fire, mine objects in the rear, and also hunt high-ranking army commanders.
"DRGs are regularly dropped in on us, probing the defenses," Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, notes. "I know of at least seven such cases on a fairly small sector of the front. That’s a lot."
FOREIGN AID
According to Rogov, at the end of September, about 450 fighters of the Special Operations Forces, trained in NATO countries, returned to Ukraine. Probably, the unit will be used to capture the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. They will be supported by foreign mercenaries, of which there are many in the Zaporozhye region. Rogov assures that there are up to five thousand Poles alone at the line of contact.
This is confirmed by a video published recently by DPR Deputy Information Minister Daniil Bezsonov. The footage is believed to have been taken with a helmet-mounted camera by a member of the "International Legion" who was ambushed near the village of Pologi. The faces of colleagues were caught in the lens. Some have been identified, such as the German Jonas Kratzberg, a Bundeswehr veteran who has been fighting for Ukraine since early spring.
Russian special forces destroyed this DRG, but how many of them are still active in Zaporozhye is unknown. The situation is heating up every day, and, perhaps, fierce battles will unfold there very soon. On this sector of the front, the Russian military has already finished building a line of defense and has transferred significant reserves here.
KHERSON CONFRONTATION
It is not easy in the neighboring Kherson region. On Thursday, Acting Governor of the region Vladimir Saldo asked the Russian authorities to organize the evacuation of local residents, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces are constantly bombing Kherson, Novaya Kakhovka, Holaya Pristan, Chernobaevka and other settlements.
Battles (generally positional) are going on in two directions - Andreevsky and Berislavsky. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are gathering forces across the Ingulets River and in the southeast of Nikolaev. And on the whole front they meet organized and fierce resistance.
According to local authorities, several waves of attacks have already been beaten off.
It is not yet clear which of the two directions for the offensive Kyiv will choose - Kherson, Zaporozhye, or both at once. However, analysts do not rule out that the activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in these regions is just a distraction, and the main blow will be elsewhere. One way or another, everything will be decided in the coming weeks.
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