The Russian Defense Ministry is preparing a springboard for retreat. Now the key goal is the “liberation” of Donbass.
During a press conference, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Sergei Rudskaya said that the first phase of the war was a success and that it was possible to concentrate all efforts on achieving the key goal of “liberating” Donbass. According to Radio free Europe.
On March 25, the Russian Ministry of Defense held a press conference with the participation of three generals and reported on the progress of the “military special operation” in Ukraine.
“The main tasks of the first stage of the operation have been fulfilled in general,” said Sergei Rudskaya of the Russian Armed Forces. “The combat potential of the armed forces of Ukraine is significantly reduced, which allows us to focus our main efforts on achieving the main goal – the liberation of Donbass.”
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Answering journalists' questions, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff noted that Russia's main goal was to seize the eastern regions of Ukraine, which Russia recognized as the territory of the “sovereign” LDNR on the eve of the war. According to him, according to the key task of the “special operation”, two tactics of warfare were considered.
The first involved limiting the military operation to the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. But this option was unacceptable, because Ukraine continued to send troops to Donbass. Therefore, the second scenario was chosen, which provided for “an operation throughout Ukraine with demilitarization and denazification measures.”
Such rethought rhetoric, according to military analysts, may be Putin's attempt to declare a saving victory for Russia.
We will remind, earlier the World Health Organization confirmed information on 18 million victims during war in Ukraine.
During the month of the war, almost a quarter of the population of Ukraine left Ukraine for the war zone.
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