The Russian Army has launched offensive operations on the Ukrainian border in the Kharkov region, and heavy fighting continues there today.
The Russian army has started a new wave of offensive actions in the direction of Kharkov and is trying to break the defense line, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky confirmed.
The Ministry of Defense added that on May 10, these attacks were repelled, and fighting continued with varying intensity. At the same time, the command decided to strengthen this section of the front with reserve units. What Russia is doing by intensifying its attacks in the Kharkov region is beyond the story.
What is known for the night
A number of Ukrainian public pages report that the Russians have still captured some villages on the border. In particular, journalist Yuri Butusov reported that at night Russian troops with up to 4-5 infantry battalions crossed the state border line and captured four border villages – Strelkoye, Krasnoye, Pilnaya, Borisovka . The largest captured settlement was Strilne.
This area, according to him, has actually been a gray zone for a long time, the defense line was not deployed there, so the enemy was able to create a bridge up to 10 km wide and up to 5 km deep on Ukrainian territory without any. special constraints. The total area of the occupied territory is more than 30 square kilometers, the journalist added.
Analysts from DeepState confirmed Butusov’s words. In particular, experts, with reference to the soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, spoke about the situation that developed in Pilny. The public said that the invaders “were free in the village for some time, as if they were at home, and the local command strangely provided information about the situation in the locality, which, in particular, was used by the high military – political leadership.”
As evidence, the Deep State has published screenshots of the presence of Russian military personnel in Pilna in recent days.
“The result was natural – the enemy gathered its forces and began to push both in the neighboring villages and in the south,” said the analysts.
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They also concluded that so far Russia’s offensive efforts are disruptive in nature and limited by their mechanized capabilities. However, the landings on the territory of the Russian Federation “contain additional forces that can be used in case of an accidental victory, as, for example, in Ocheretino.”
As for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, experts say that our military has problems establishing communication between units, which “leads to personnel losses, including due to the lack of counter-battery combat .”
Later, the statements of the Deep State and Butusov were denied by the head of the military administration of the Kharkov region, Oleg Sinegubov. He said that all attempts to attack the invaders in the north of the Kharkov region were rejected, but there were no territorial losses. According to him, the settlements where the enemy wants to enter are located 1-2 km from the Russian-Ukrainian border.
What is the enemy’s plan?
Military audiences noted that the Russian army in the Kharkov region may have several strategies.
The first was a direct operation to capture Kharkov. In this case, the invaders will try to cut the Kyiv-Kharkov highway and then, forming an offensive, turn east and enter the center of the region from the south. Accordingly, one can expect an attack from Volchansk in the direction of Chuguev with the aim of cutting off Kharkov from the main forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, located in the Kupyansk area.
The second was the creation of a “corridor” or “sanitary zone” for the Belgorod region and moved the front line closer to Kharkov to make it a front-line.
The third is a “deceptive maneuver” to bring back the reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and strike in a completely different area. As well as the enemy’s “information” operation to incite panic.
What is the Ukrainian Armed Forces inclined to?
The latter scenario is considered more realistic by the spokesman of the operational-strategic command of the Khortitsa troops, Nazar Voloshin. According to him, the activation of the Russian army in the north of the Kharkov region is nothing more than an “informational and psychological operation” of the enemy.
So, according to Voloshin, the Russians want to sow panic among the population and interfere with the planning of operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, force the Ukrainian military to withdraw forces and resources from Donetsk in the direction of Kharkov.
“There is no offensive in the north of the Kharkov region. The defense forces, including the Armed Forces and various military formations, are monitoring the situation,” he said for the hromadske portal.
The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council, Defense Forces official Andrei Kovalenko also added that today, during the battle in the border region of the Kharkov region, the Russians used information manipulation and launched a campaign “the beginning. of an offensive on Kharkov” to sow panic among civilians.
At the same time, according to him, the Russians have the strength for a wider offensive in the north in the border areas, in fact it is the regions of Sumy and Kharkov. But about a full attack on Kharkov, the enemy does not have enough of these forces, assured Kovalenko.
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