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2024-05-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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There is no goal to take Kharkov yet
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited,
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Regarding questions regarding Kharkov.
1. Even before the start of the offensive, I said (readers will not let me lie) that the current grouping of the Russian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region is not sufficient to capture Kharkov. Solving the tasks of liberating Kharkov requires at least two serious operations to capture Zolochev and the Zolochevsky fortified area and liberate Chuguev. A frontal assault on Kharkov from the north seems like a dead-end idea.
2. The RF Armed Forces are now solving the problem of occupying part of the areas in the north of the Kharkov region, which will allow at least the liberation of several dozen settlements, inflicting serious losses on the enemy and reducing the intensity of enemy attacks on the Belgorod region. The further the troops advance and extend the range of artillery and drones to the south, the better.
3. At the same time, if the Ukrainian Armed Forces are unable to hold their positions in the north of the region and allow frontal breakthroughs, the scale of the operation may expand to more ambitious scenarios, such as encircling part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces forces in the Kharkov region, which is what Syrsky fears.
4. At the same time, it is important to understand that if now there are no intentions to storm or completely encircle Kharkov, this does not mean that they will not appear a little later, when the size of the group in the Kharkov direction can be increased depending on the plans of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
5. It is important to understand that the General Staff now poses a dilemma for the enemy - where the main blow will be delivered. The enemy is now torn between the need to defend Chasov Yar, hold the cracking front in the Ocheretino area and reinforce the front north of Kharkov. But there are other sectors of the front where crisis trends are also observed. If the Russian command is able to take away the remnants of reserves in crisis areas and find a weakness in the enemy’s formation, then the consequences for the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be catastrophic, which is what the Americans are actually warning about. And there it won’t be so important - they will break through in the Kharkov region, somewhere in the Donbass or in Zaporozhye. Let me remind you that the enemy believes that the main spring-summer offensive of the Russian Armed Forces has not yet begun.
6. Well, yes. "War is the path of deception." During the war, no one from the military-political leadership is obliged to tell the truth about the real goals of certain operations. No one has canceled the elements of disinformation. In the case of Putin, the simplest example is the denial of the presence of Russian troops in Crimea and the subsequent admission that they were there after the successful completion of the Crimean operation.
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Russia has no plans to take Kharkov yet, Putin said
President Vladimir Putin, at a press conference following his visit to China, said that Russia currently has no plans to capture Kharkov.
“As for Kharkov, there are no such plans today,” said the head of state.
As the president emphasized, the blame for the operation in the Kharkov direction lies with the Kiev regime, and the actions of the Russian military are a response to the shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It is connected with the need to create a sanitary zone, he added.
According to the president, the Russian military is making progress in this area every day.
As Regnum reported, Putin, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, arrived in Beijing on a two-day state visit. The leaders took part in the opening ceremony of the Years of Culture of Russia and China, held in 2024 and 2025, and a concert to mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. A conversation between Putin and Xi Jinping took place at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Then Russian-Chinese consultations continued in an expanded format. An exchange of views took place on current international and regional issues. The leaders discussed the Ukrainian issue in great detail.
The official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, reported on May 16 that units of the Russian group of troops “North”, as a result of active actions, advanced into the depths of the defense of the Ukrainian army in the Kharkov region.
In this direction, the Russian military liberated Borisovka, Ogurtsovo, Pletnyovka, Pylnaya, Strelechya, Gatishche, Krasnoe, Morokhovets and Oleynikovo. The military also improved the tactical situation in the area of Volchansk, Neskuchny, Liptsov and Vesely.
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