Ukrainian units are expecting a Russian strike in Zaporozhye.
We expect active enemy actions in one of the directions in the Zaporozhye region,” said the commander of the third operational brigade of the NSU “Spartan” Alexey Khilchenko in a comment to Public.
Now the Russians are accumulating forces and regrouping on this section of the front, in particular, they are not using armored vehicles for assaults.
Colonel Khilchenko assures that the defenders of Ukraine are ready to repel the enemy.
The fact that Russia is preparing for an attack on Zaporozhye and the first blow will be the heaviest was previously written in The Economist.
Ukrainian intelligence believes that Russia is preparing for a bold assault on Zaporozhye, 30 km from the front. Nobody knows when exactly. A Ukrainian source warns that 13,000 Russian soldiers could soon be thrown into battle, the material says.
The large industrial city, one of Ukraine’s three centers of heavy industry, is “critical to the survival of Ukraine as a functioning state.” The aggressor has already included the entire region in its Constitution as “Russian”.
The commander of the Spartan rapid reaction brigade, Colonel Khilchenko, told reporters that the Russians planned to transfer two divisions (20-30 thousand troops) to the Zaporozhye direction to begin the assault. In the end, these divisions were transferred to the Kursk region to strengthen the counteroffensive against the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“Lemberg”, the battalion commander of the 118th brigade, holding the defense in the southwest of the Zaporozhye region, says:
They are not ready to strike yet, but when they are ready, the first blow will be the hardest.
Ukraine is not taking risks. New fortifications are built in rings radiating from the regional center.
The work is being carried out carefully – minefields, engineering barriers, structures made of concrete and iron – in contrast to the more chaotic picture in the neighboring Donetsk region, where the most stubborn fighting is still taking place, journalists note. In the Donetsk region, Russia continues to advance faster than at any time since the early days of the large-scale invasion.
Hardened by the mistakes of 2022, Russian commanders have developed tactics that work: drones, electronic warfare, guided bombs and waves of disposable infantry. They cut supply lines and surround targets rather than striking head-on as before.
Source: Racurs
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