Its preparation is evidenced by unmarked military equipment, which is already being brought to the border.
Oleg Zhdanov, military expert and reserve colonel of the Armed Forces , that in order to create the illusion of an offensive, the Russians can prepare new strikes on the front from three sides at once. During one of the broadcasts, he reminded that the Kremlin is now bringing part of its troops into Ukraine through Crimea, as well as transfers some forces to the Zaporozhye direction and Donbas.
“An attack in the direction of Zaporizhzhia. In the direction of, let's say, Orichova or Zaporizhzhia. An attack in the Donbass – Avdiiv and Bakhmut directions, on Siversk and Bakhmut. And an armed provocation on the border of Belarus and Ukraine… The battalion-tactical group will go on the offensive, it will be sacrificed and it will go, as it were, on a combat reconnaissance on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border“, Zhdanov explained.
The latter is evidenced by the fact that the equipment is already on its way to the border of Belarus and Ukraine. There are no markings on it, but when a decision is made on the mission of the strike, it may be marked Minsk , Zhdanov believes. In his opinion, this is how Vladimir Putin will try to draw Alexander Lukashenko's regime into the war, but he will probably continue to adhere to the position of “non-intervention”.
It should not be forgotten that training is also ongoing near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. But the expert doubts that the Russian Federation will proceed to real efforts to capture three of our regions, but it is not worth ruling out such an option until the last moment.
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We remind you that the General Staff reported that in Belarus with From September 8 to 14, military exercises will be held jointly with the Russian Federation and the CSTO countries. It is not excluded that there the military will practice the probable capture of three regions of Ukraine – Volhynia, Rivne and Zhytomyr. However, the president's office stated that it is better for the Belarusian military and those who support the invasion of the Russian Federation to work out how they will surrender to the Armed Forces.
Meanwhile, the GUR of the Ministry of Defense declares that there is still a high probability of launching missile strikes on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. As for a possible attack from there, then such a scenario is currently considered unlikely in intelligence.
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