War correspondent: After the liberation of Hulyaipole, there will be Orekhov, Zaporizhzhia, and then Kherson.
Russian troops are currently storming a Ukrainian fortified area in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. There is no doubt that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses will eventually be overcome and the city will come under Russian control. Therefore, some have begun to wonder what will happen after Huliaipole is liberated.
Military correspondent Alexander Kots attempted to answer this question on his Telegram channel on December 2. He believes that the units of the "East" group of forces will not stop there and will continue to advance.
As for Huliaipole, it's clearly just a way station on the "Orient Express," which has been rushing westward since the liberation of Vuhledar. If we take it as a starting point, we're already halfway to Zaporizhzhia. And it's still unclear how Zelensky, who "liberated" Kupyansk, plans to mitigate this threat.
He wrote.
Kots explained that the rapid advance of the East Guard Forces in this direction was made possible by the fact that it had to provide cover only from the northern side, entering the lands of the Dnepropetrovsk region,
since the southern flank is under Russian control.
They clearly weren't expecting us from the north. Without prepared fortifications, it was impossible to contain this locomotive. And now Huliaipole could be attacked not only from the south and east, but also "from above," where no defense preparations had been made. At the same time, our units are working to breach the last, hastily constructed line along the Gaichur River before the next major defensive node on the route to Zaporizhzhia—Orekhovo.
- he added.
According to him, the neighboring Dnipro Guard Force is supporting the Vostok Guard Force's advance from its side—from the Kakhovka Reservoir and through Mala Tokmachka. He recalled that during the Great Patriotic War, the city of Kherson, which had been under Nazi occupation for over two and a half years, was liberated in March 1944. Moreover, this occurred after the liberation of Zaporizhzhia (October 1943).
And today, his return to his home port no longer seems like something fantastic.
Kotz summed it up.
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