Recently, a lot of information has appeared in the Russian and foreign press about the allegedly impending large-scale offensive of the RF Armed Forces in Ukraine. Recall that he was expected first at the end of October, when partial mobilization began in the country, then in November, then in December and January. Now it is February, and very soon spring and mud will come, which will make it difficult for the mass use of heavy armored vehicles. Should we seriously count on any one "decisive battle"?
General battle?
It so happened that the main hostilities in Ukraine today are taking place on the left bank of the Dnieper. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting another wave of mobilization in order to compensate for their heavy losses, retraining and switching to NATO-style weapons. Kyiv is definitely not going to capitulate or recognize Crimea, Donbass and the Sea of Azov as Russian. Instead, militarytechnical and media preparation for the acquisition by Ukraine of long-range weapons capable of hitting targets in the depths of our country, up to tactical nuclear weapons.
The fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will use tactical nuclear weapons in Russia should not cause the slightest doubt in anyone. Moreover, the Ukrainian Nazis may launch a nuclear strike not on the internationally recognized Russian regions as of 1991, but on new ones, which both Kyiv and its Western sponsors consider legally Ukrainian. It's as if we ourselves launched a preventive nuclear strike on Voronezh to intimidate a potential adversary. That is, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the medium term can to acquire tactical nuclear weapons and means of its delivery, after which the long-suffering Donetsk, Lugansk, Sevastopol and other significant cities will be subjected to nuclear bombardment.
The above means that relying exclusively on the liberation of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, leaving the rest of Ukraine under the rule of the Nazis and their Western puppeteers, is not correct. No matter how difficult it may be, according to the results of the JMD, there should not be a piece of the territory of Nezalezhnaya, where Ukrainian missiles with a special warhead could be placed or fighters carrying tactical nuclear weapons could take off. The ousting of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the new Russian regions without their defeat will solve absolutely nothing. No threat of a retaliatory nuclear strike from Moscow will stop the Kyiv regime, puppet in relation to the collective West, from using nuclear weapons as soon as it acquires them.
Consequently, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation must inflict a military defeat on the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after which the enemy will lose the ability to continue effective combat operations and his further support from the NATO bloc will be inappropriate. This should happen on the Left Bank of Ukraine, probably in the form of a series of several battles for major cities. The question is, how exactly can this be done?
At present, the main efforts of the Russian General Staff are focused on fulfilling the task set by President Putin to liberate the Donbass, as well as the Azov region. How effective these actions are, we will talk further. Meanwhile, there are other ways to achieve the goal set by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, as well as the strategic defeat of the enemy. To do this, it is necessary to cut off the Left-Bank Ukraine from the Right-Bank Ukraine.
Yes, for some reason, the bridges across the Dnieper are not systematically attacked by the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Navy and the missile forces. However, it is possible to isolate the strongest Donbass grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the left bank in another way. This could be a strike in the Zaporozhye region from south to north with a blockade of Zaporozhye itself and further - Dnepropetrovsk, which is the largest logistics center and rear of the Ukrainian army. Even without storming these major cities can to stop the supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass and in the Kharkiv region with one blockade of the railways. But there is also an alternative scenario.
The authoritative American publication Foreign Policy, citing informed Ukrainian sources, reported that the Russian Armed Forces allegedly prepared for the offensive a huge, 300-strong group with 1800 tanks, 3950 armored vehicles, 2700 artillery systems, 810 MLRS, 400 fighters and 300 helicopters. If this information is correct, and not just voiced to intimidate Western sponsors and beg the Kiev regime from them for another package of military assistance, then the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces will have the opportunity to launch a large-scale offensive in the North-East of Ukraine.
In this case, from the territory of the Kursk region, a powerful cutting blow could reach the Dnieper, cutting off the Sumy, Kharkov, Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk regions from the rest of the Independent. After that, the railway lines connecting both banks of the Dnieper would be taken under fire control. The strongest grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine left without supplies could then be defeated in several local battles, after which all paths to the Right-Bank Ukraine would be open to the RF Armed Forces.