Russia preparing new offensive: Syrskyi names directions
Russian troops are concentrating on several sections of the front and are preparing to intensify offensive actions. This was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
"The situation on the front is currently really difficult. It is characterized by the continuation of russia's strategic offensive operation," he said.
According to Syrskyi, the enemy is regrouping forces and is concentrating primarily on two directions. "This is the Pokrovsk Axis, which remains decisive for the russians. And now the enemy is transferring its units from the Sumy to the Zaporizhzhia Axis. That is, this will be the second direction in which the enemy plans to launch active offensive actions," he explained.
In the Zaporizhzhia Axis, battles of lesser intensity are currently underway, however, as the Commander-in-Chief emphasized, the occupiers have not abandoned their plans to deliver a powerful blow.
"Implementing putin's goals and instructions, the occupiers are also trying to deliver a powerful blow there, which was planned a year ago. You remember that the Kursk operation just thwarted their plans," he added.
Syrskyi recalled that russian troops transferred the 76th Airborne Assault Division from the Zaporizhzhia Region to the Kursk Oblast, in particular.
Regarding the russian federation's goals in this direction, he specified: "The goal is to break through our defenses and advance deep into the territory. Their goal, of course, is the entire region."
At the same time, the Commander-in-Chief emphasized that the russians are not limited to just two directions. "There will probably still be the Novopavlivsk Axis. And there are active actions in the Lyman Axis - the russians are also trying to achieve success there, but the fighting there is on a smaller scale," Syrskyi noted.
As a reminder, the Armed Forces of Ukraine cleared six settlements in the Donetsk Region and advanced into the north of the Sumy Region.