TSN.ua came upon what is going on within the Kharkiv area and whether or not the Armed Forces are capable of maintain again the Russian offensive.
The offensive on Kharkiv Oblast in 2024 continues. The Russians are advancing – based on Osint analysts, the grey zone has expanded. The chief intelligence officer of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, mentioned that the state of affairs in Kharkiv Oblast is “on the brink.”
What is going on within the Kharkiv area, are the Armed Forces able to holding again the Russian offensive, what assertion did Zelensky make, what did Budanov warn about, and the place is the enemy more likely to strike within the close to future, says Artem Zyabkin in an unique TSN.ua article.
In Kharkiv Oblast, the evacuation of civilians from border cities and villages continues, particularly from Vovchansk, a metropolis to which the enemy managed to get shut. At the moment, the district heart is beneath the management of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, nonetheless, because the army and volunteers observe, it’s continually shelled by the occupiers, who’ve virtually utterly destroyed the settlement. The Normal Workers of the Armed Forces reported that the Russians had been demolishing the town and the positions of the Ukrainian defenders with anti-aircraft weapons.
The Russians have expanded the grey space
On Might 14, the Normal Workers reported that the Armed Forces had withdrawn from the border village of Lukyantsi, which is 22 kilometers from the Kharkiv ring street. On the night of Might 13, Osint analysts of the DeepState mission printed visible affirmation of Ukraine’s lack of management over various villages on this course. The occupiers hung their tricolor rag within the village of Hlyboke, northeast of Kharkiv. “Kadyrovtsi” went to Ohirtsevo, close to Vovchansk.
Budanov is anticipating a brand new offensive by the Russians
The GUR of the Ministry of Protection of Ukraine additionally made its evaluation of the state of affairs in Kharkiv Oblast. The top of the division, Kyrylo Budanov, gave an interview to the American publication The New York Instances. In response to the journalists, the scout contacted them merely from Kharkiv Oblast, the place he was in a protected bunker and, along with different commanders, supervised the protection operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In response to Budanov, regardless of the extraordinarily troublesome state of affairs for the Armed Forces, the defenders should repel the enemy inside the subsequent few days. However the Russians have an extra plan – Ukrainian intelligence predicts a brand new offensive of the Russians already within the Sumy area.
“Normal Budanov estimated that Ukrainian forces will have the ability to strengthen their strains and stabilize the entrance within the subsequent few days. However he expects Russia to launch a brand new assault north of Kharkiv, within the Sumy area. Normal Budanov mentioned that the purpose of the Russians within the northeast was to sow panic and chaos within the area. “As of now, our activity is to stabilize the road, after which begin pushing them throughout the border,” he mentioned, including that the inflow of Ukrainian reserves managed to “partially disrupt their plans,” based on The New York Instances.
However at what value? Budanov admits that the switch of reserves from one a part of the entrance to a different creates new threats for the Armed Forces. There will not be sufficient individuals in Donetsk area.
“The state of affairs is on the sting. Each hour it’s getting nearer to essential. All our forces are both right here or in Time Yar. I’ve used every part we have now. Sadly, we have now nobody left in reserve,” mentioned the pinnacle of the GUR.
Then Kyrylo Budanov himself spoke concerning the state of affairs within the border areas and never solely on the air of the telethon “Edyny Novyny” dwell from Kharkiv Oblast. The top of the GUR additionally gave an in depth clarification of his phrases to American journalists.
Zelensky’s response to the dismissal of the Kharkiv commander
On March 13, in a video handle to the individuals, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi introduced the activation of the enemy in opposition to Sumy Oblast and Chernihiv Oblast. He additionally commented on the compelled alternative of the commander of the “Kharkiv” OTUV. In response to the data of the Armed Forces, Normal Drapaty, who changed Yuriy Galushkin, has been in command there since Might 11.
“Brigadier Normal Mykhailo Drapaty is accountable for this course straight on the spot, and he is supplied with the mandatory technique of assault, the mandatory forces. Now we’re getting increasingly more outcomes – we’re destroying the occupier’s infantry and tools,” the pinnacle of state mentioned.
Journalists “adorned”?!
Nonetheless, Ukrainian army and political professional Oleksandr Kovalenko, with whom we spoke, confidently said that the New York Instances article at the very least distorted and embellished Budanov’s phrases. Nonetheless, the enemy should attempt to put stress on Sumy Oblast.
“It’s fairly doable that they could additionally begin some actions within the border zone. Though their most important contingent is concentrated within the Belgorod area and is particularly geared toward actions within the border zone of Kharkiv area. But when we’re speaking about Sumy area or Chernihiv area, then there are applicable teams of troops masking the border, however they don’t seem to be sufficient to create one thing related, which we will now observe in Kharkiv area.
In response to my info, which I’ve, the New York Instances, which printed this interview, manipulated a variety of issues, distorted the phrases of Mr. Budanov, and for probably the most half the article itself doesn’t correspond to the reality of what Budanov mentioned,” Kovalenko famous. .
“Hypo-eaters” misinform Ukrainians
The professional emphasised that there’s an excessive amount of unreliable info and “hype” within the mass media concerning the assault on Kharkiv Oblast. The successes of the Russians there are exaggerated, and the true actions of the Ukrainian command are distorted.
The GUR and the Normal Workers affirm quite a few enemy losses in makes an attempt to penetrate deeper into the Kharkiv area. In the course of the day, the enemy misplaced as many as 1400 fighters, 11 tanks and greater than 40 models of armor.
The intelligence company additionally printed the intercepted conversations of the commanders of the occupiers, who’re compelled to threaten their very own troopers to go on meat assaults, or else they are going to be speared by their very own troopers.
In the meantime, Volodymyr Zelensky met in Kyiv with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who arrived on an unannounced go to to the Ukrainian capital. The principle points are US assist, particularly air protection. Kharkiv is at the moment in dire want of two Patriot air protection methods, the president clarified.
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