This city is considered a key supply hub for the occupiers.
Russian military is concerned that the Armed Forces may attack zones of action of guns and rocket and artillery fire in the Belgorod region, so they will try to hold their positions, as well as continue to attack the positions of our defenders. This is stated in the report of the Institute for War Studies of the United States.
Belgorod is a key supply hub for the occupiers. Therefore, their group around Kharkiv is trying to maintain its position and prevent the advance of the Armed Forces to the north. In this case, the situation is different from the exit of the racists from Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions, when they simply returned to Russia. “The Russians can also hope to counterattack to retreat south to Kharkiv, although such an attempt is unlikely to succeed,” analysts predict.
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