"Obvious goal": NYT named where the Armed Forces can start counter -offensive

Journalists note that the Russian Federation strengthens its position throughout the front line, but Melitopol is too important for the occupiers as a logistics knot, so the Armed Forces are likely to attack there. The Ukrainian army has limited prospects for promotion in the east of the country, so another place will be chosen. It will require the RF offensive and collect forces to strike. About it reports The New York Times.

The Russian army has strengthened the occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions since 2014. Therefore, Ukraine faces a serious task - not to lose their live strength and equipment in fierce battles in the Donbass and to prepare their forces. Thousands of fighters are currently studying in the West, training on new types of armored vehicles - tanks and BMPs. Therefore, military analysts believe that a counter -offensive in the south will be promising for Ukraine.

Most of the Zaporozhye region is within the reach of HIMARS missiles, which forced the Russian Federation to move their ammunition depots and command centers further from the front line. The publication says that Melitopol is an obvious goal for the Ukrainian counter -offensive. The city is between two freeways and a critical rail for Russian troops. If Ukraine manages to share Russian troops, it will very much weaken them in the Kherson region.

Without logistics ways, reinforcement can only come from Crimea, which will reach the area of ​​reaching Ukrainian high -precision missiles. However, this will not be easy operation. The Russian army set up defense lines throughout the front in the south with anti -tank ditches and traps around Melitopol. The importance of the city is also that it is a land corridor from east to Crimea.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is expected to promote the Armed Forces, so, as noted in the OK South, the enemy throws forces south. "We see that some technique is accumulating around Melitopol and in the Crimea, but they cannot approach it. They would like, but our forces do not give them a chance," Natalia Humeniuk said. Ukraine wants Russia to think where and when it can strike. The Armed Forces specifically maintain tension on the fronts in the Melitopol direction.