The spotlight is directed to the south and eastUkrainewhere it gains altitude phase two Of the war. The Russian army repositions its men and is ready to launch a new attack. We do not know exactly what Moscow’s goals are, although it seems plausible to summarize them in the final conquest of the Ukrainian coastal strip perhaps as far as Transnistria and the capture of as many areas in the Donbass as possible.
Moscow’s plan for the last attack
If so we’ll know in a few hours or days then Moscow would have plans to adopt it too Odesathe port city that has so far been hit only by a few missiles from the Russian fleet stationed in the Black Sea. It is certain that the Kremlin will have to be careful to keep the acquired possessions as the forces would be approaching from Kyiv Kherson from two directions in a real or alleged attempt to free it. TO Mariupol The situation remains complex: the Russians would control the center, but Ukrainian resistance pockets would continue to operate in the area.
That oriental landscape it’s even hotter. As Repubblica pointed out, rapid deterioration throughout Donbass and more generally in eastern Ukraine cannot be ruled out. Not surprisingly, Pentagon officials conjured up strong images: “It’s going to be a sword fight, very bloody and very ugly.” Considering that US defense forecasts and analyzes have so far proved correct, it’s impossible not to worry. Also because the Russian troops stationed in the area would number about 10,000 more soldiers than last week. Ready to launch the final attack.
The next steps of the Russian army
If we go into detail, we can schematize the movements of the Russian army to determine the Kremlin’s next steps. First, the Russians are pushing into the small towns of Barkinkove, Popasna and Ruby Ne while bombing the larger ones as they demonstrate Severodonetsk and Sloviansk. Speaking of Severodonetsk, “a school and two apartment buildings were bombed by the Russians in the morning” and “two elderly people were rescued,” said the head of the Luhansk regional military administration, Serhi Gaidai.
And again in eastern Ukraine, almost on the Russian border, the Federation Army has made a southward push convoy about ten kilometers long and with about a hundred vehicles, including armored vehicles and artillery, in the area of the city Velyky Burluk. This was the result of satellite images collected on April 8 and evaluated by the US company Maxar Technologies.
The city is east of Kharkiv and the convoy moved about 80 kilometers from Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv; It could be further confirmation that Russia now wants to focus on the Donbass. In order to speed up operations, Moscow is also completing the transfer to this area of the contingents that tried to besiege Kyiv and its surroundings. Finally, American defense sources quoted by CNN have revealed that Russia has begun to mobilize and attempt to recruit the reservists 60,000 soldiers to deal with the heavy losses in Ukraine and launch the offensive to the east.