Sumy and Kharkiv: The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can open a new front to distract from the Armed Forces from Donbass - NYT

To do this, she will throw tens of thousands of recruits to crush Ukraine by attacking highly fortified positions in the Donbass. They hope to find gaps in defense that, as Kiev warns, can become the most ambitious campaign of the Kremlin since the beginning of a full -scale invasion. Ukraine must defend itself from the attack without depleting its resources to have the forces for its offensive.

Now Kiev teaches thousands of fighters in the west, and is in a hurry to gather heavy weapons and ammunition on the eve of the offensive to "break the bones" of the army of the Russian Federation. "There is no doubt that both parties want to go on the offensive," said Mick Ryan, Major General of the Australian Army retired, an employee of the Louis Research Institute, "but in fact, it all comes down to how much the ability of both parties that have it is that do".

Vladimir Putin, as Ukrainian intelligence says, ordered the whole Donbas to be captured by March. Currently, 320,000 Russian soldiers are already concentrated in Ukraine, 150,000 are on landfills. The Kremlin will try to attack the Armed Forces, betting on continuous attacks. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation wants to win a symbolic victory by knocking out the defense forces from Bakhmut, where the battle began in May 2022.

The Russian Federation seeks to protect the supply lines that will be crucial for any promotion of the Armed Forces. The invaders made a fierce counterattack to protect the flint, which is an important node. The enemy also attacks the coal, which is located just a few kilometers from a single railway connection with Crimea. Military analysts say that the Russian Federation collects tens of thousands of fighters to try to surround the Armed Forces from north and south in Donetsk.

To distract Ukrainian defenders, the enemy can try to open a new front and go to Sumy or Kharkiv region. Ukraine carefully monitors the movement of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the border. It is emphasized that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation collects their forces outside the radius of the GMLRS missiles for Himars.

Some Ukrainian persons say that the Russian Federation can complete a "special military operation" and call for negotiations after the capture of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. This will be the third attempt to capture the whole Donbas. Ukraine can afford a tactical indentation if it does not risk completely destroy its positions, which will lead to the surroundings of its troops.

It is believed that Russia wants to act quickly because President Vladimir Putin puts pressure on his recently appointed commander in Ukraine General Valery Gerasimov in order to capture the territory and report the success of the internal and international audience after several months of unfortunate failures. We will remind, according to WP, the Pentagon plans to restore super -secret programs in Ukraine to carry out intelligence in the east of Ukrainian specialists.