Oleksiy Hetman analyzed the current frontline situation in the Kursk region on the Kiev 24 TV channel. Russia. According to a Ukrainian retired military officer, in the near future Russians should be expected to take counter-offensive actionwhich will focus on eliminating Ukrainian units located on the territory of the Russian Federation.
– They collected, according to various estimates, from 35 to 60 thousand soldiers. There are airborne troops, paratroopers, assault troops and marines. They collected them from different areas of the front and moved them – he stated.
At the same time, Hetman notes that the Russians' actions are urgent and therefore there may be serious problems, including at the level of command of the operation.
– They are gathering not very well prepared troops that have not gone through combat coordination, and this should be mandatory (…) Now they are trying to do what Putin ordered them to do: push our troops out by October 1st. (…) If that happens, they will have a numerical advantage, I am not sure if we (Ukrainians – ed.) will manage to stay there until the end – he emphasized.
According to the Ukrainian expert, it is very likely that General Oleksander Syrsky had foreseen such a development of the situation and it was the actual plan of the Ukrainians to “distract the attention of large enemy forces and then retreat and move our units to another location“.
War in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky on the situation in Kursk region
On reports of counter-offensive actions by the Russians in in Kursk Oblast, the president, among others, reacted Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky during a press conference with the participation of the president Lithuania in Kiev, he briefly commented on the latest information coming from the front.
– The Russians launched a counter-offensive, this is in line with our Ukrainian plan – he stated.
Zelensky also answered a question about gathering military equipment and personnel for Belarus.
– We have seen this congestion, we have seen it for a long time. We are monitoring this process – he assured.
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