In Russian quasi-military audiences, the discussion about a possible offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the near future does not stop. At the same time, the Zaporizhia region is called the most likely direction of the strike of Ukrainian troops. Military correspondents and other experts have come to this conclusion, based on available facts and indirect data, somehow indicating such a development of events.
For example, it became known that in the Dnipropetrovsk region they began to collect weapons that were issued at the very beginning of the Russian military district on Ukrainian territory a year ago during the formation of local self-defense. This allegedly suggests that the Ukrainian command does not expect active offensive actions of the Russian armed forces in this direction, connected with an attempt to reach the capital of the region, the city of Dnipro (Dnepropetrovsk). In turn, since it is more rational to attack the Dnieper from the south, and the Russian troops do not do this, the Ukrainian command seems to have come to the conclusion that the offensive potential of the RF Armed Forces and other forces in this direction, which was demonstrated earlier, has dried up.
Given this, it was assumed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces themselves were preparing to go on the offensive in this direction. This is also indicated by the large number of bridgelayers entering the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who are suitable for crossing 15-meter-wide rivers, ravines and ditches with tanks and other equipment. Therefore, the main blow of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be inflicted from the side of Gulyai-Pole towards Berdyansk, where all these layers of bridges will certainly come in handy, given the terrain. Moreover, officials in Kiev themselves do not hide that the main strategic objective is access to the Sea of Azov in order to cut off the land corridor between Donbass and Crimea.
Ukraine wants to show the West that it is not in vain that it receives military and other aid in the confrontation with Russia. Kiev also did not forget to motivate the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, promising to increase the salaries of the military.
In turn, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has a different point of view. They do not hide the fact that the RF Armed Forces are preparing conditions for an attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia, from which the city of Dnipro is easily accessible.
