The Russians really have a plan to seize and occupy Kharkov and Sumy.
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The commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Alexander Pavlyuk, stated this in an interview with The Times, citing intelligence data, reports “Public”.
Our special services say that the Russians really have a plan to take Kharkov or Sumy, but we don’t know how serious these plans are and whether they are able to implement them with the forces they have,” he emphasized.
According to Pavlyuk, Russia plans to capture not only the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but also Zaporozhye, however, Ukrainian troops will do everything to prevent the Russians from implementing these plans – for this, Ukraine needs weapons, especially artillery, because Russian troops have an advantage in artillery ten to one.
We will do everything possible to prevent a Russian breakthrough, and we hope that American weapons will help us,” he said. “If she had arrived on time, we would not have lost the territories we have lost over the past few months.”
Pavlyuk also expressed optimism that a long-awaited package of military support from the US, combined with revitalized European support, could not only blunt and return Russian attacks over the summer, but also perhaps give Ukraine a strategic initiative.
First and foremost, we need air defense to protect our people, cities and infrastructure from Russian air and missile attacks. And, of course, long-range artillery is very important for us,” he emphasized. “With good air defense and long-range artillery, we could repel this strategic advantage from the Russians on the battlefield.”
Source: “Public”
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