Ukraine and Russia plan offensive operations amid renewed hostilities

In connection with the expected arrival of modern Western weapons, Ukraine is planning a major military operation against Russian troops in the spring, and Russia is preparing another offensive that could take place even earlier, timed to coincide with the anniversary of its military campaign.

“(Russians) are now preparing for maximum activity,” Alexei Danilov, secretary of the Russian Security and Defense Council, said on Saturday. Ukraine.

According to Danilov, quoted by UNIAN, the enemy’s actions are connected with the proximity of the anniversary of the war, which falls on February 24.

He added that the army Russia is aimed at gaining control over the entire territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and at ensuring that the armed forces “understand” at what points of the front Moscow can attack in order to achieve its goals.

At the same time, answering the question of whether a repetition of February 2022 is possible, Danilov assured that Ukraine February 2022 and now with two different things.

“The military is in a completely different state,” he said.

Despite Russian plans, Kyiv maintains its intention to launch a counteroffensive to regain lost territories in the east and south of the country.

According to the head of military intelligence Ukrainianand, Kirill Budanov, a Ukrainian operation will arrive in March with the intention of restoring Kyiv’s power throughout the country, including in the Donbass and Crimea.

“Our goal, which we are going to achieve, is to return to the 1991 borders, as recognized by Ukraine subjects of international law,” he said in an interview with ABC.

The fighting intensifies

Meanwhile, President Mr. UkraineVolodymyr Zelenskyy in his daily speech warned that the situation at the front in the Donetsk region, near Bakhmut and Vuhledar, “remains extremely serious.”

“The invaders not only storm our positions, but purposefully and methodically destroy the surrounding towns and villages,” he said.

According to Zelensky, the army Russia “he has no shortage of means of destruction”: artillery, aircraft and missiles. “And it can only be stopped by force,” he argued, hinting at the need for continued military assistance. Ukraine after lifting the ban on sending tanks and discussing possible deliveries of combat aircraft.

The United States has previously recommended Ukraine abandon the defense of the Bakhmut stronghold in order to better prepare a counteroffensive in the south of the country, CNN reports.

However, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have so far preferred to continue hostilities in the strategic city, where fighting has not stopped for several months.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mr. Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, in an article published in September 2022, predicted that in early 2023 the initiative at the front would return to Russia.

Zaluzhny, who advocated the tactic of multiple simultaneous counter-offensives, also said that the priority for the Kyiv forces during this year would be the return of Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014.

He also assured that the situation on the fronts would depend almost entirely on the intensity of military supplies from Kyiv’s allies.

Russia ensures progress in the east and south

And while Kyiv is waiting for the arrival of NATO tanks, Moscow is trying to make new conquests and strengthen the already conquered territories.

Counteroffensive plans Ukraine they were also changed by the success of the Wagner group in Soledar and its successive attacks in the vicinity of Baymouth.

This Saturday the Department of Defense Russia He assured that Russian troops continue offensive operations in the east and south.

“On the Donetsk front, as part of successful offensive operations, parts of the Yug district took up more advantageous positions,” military spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a daily summary.

For his part, the Russian leader of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, noted that “good news is expected from Ugledar” and that if control over this city is established, the forces can “solve many problems.”

Fighting resumes in Ukraine after weeks of relative stabilization of the fronts in the midst of reports about the preparation of a new wave of mobilization in Russiawhat could happen in February, according to some experts.

At the same time, authorities have so far denied the need to recruit additional men after more than 300,000 reservists joined the ranks of the Army as part of a partial military mobilization announced in September last year. (As reported by EFE)

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