Russian troops are regrouping and concentrating their efforts on preparing an offensive operation in eastern Ukraine, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces wrote on its Facebook page, Report informs referring to Ukrinform.
“The goal is to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Russian enemy is trying to improve the position of units in the Tavriya and Pivdennobuzhsky operational areas,” the report reads.
“The units withdrawn from Polissya and Sivershchyna are moving to new operational areas. The redeployment of troops of the Central Military District from the territory of Ukraine has been completed. The designated units of the above, after the completion of the restoration of combat capability, will be moved to the area of the settlement Valuyki and included in the offensive groups of troops,” the General Staff wrote.
The movement of columns of armaments and military equipment on the territory of Belarus in the direction of the railway stations Gomel, Yelsk, and Mozyr for loading onto rail cars. A significant part of the aircraft and helicopters of Russia’s air and space forces were relocated from Belarus airfields to Russia.
“The Russian enemy focused its main efforts on preparations for resuming the offensive with the help of separate units of the 6th and 20th All-Armies, 1st Tank Army, Baltic and Northern Fleets, as well as on the attempts to encircle the Joint Forces. The enemy is replenishing supplies of food, fuel, and ammunition,” the report reads.
“The Russian occupiers pursue their efforts to besiege Kharkiv, further destroying residential neighborhoods and infrastructure in artillery shelling. In the direction of Sloviansk, the Russians are trying to resume offensive operations. In the direction of Barvinkove, they see partial success, having advanced 7 km and taken control of the village of Brazhkivka. Also, they attacked the area toward the settlement of Sulyhivka, where their advance was repulsed. The Russian forces are working to restore the bridge in Izium to improve their mobility in the area by crossing the Siversky Donets River."
“In the Donetsk and Luhansk areas, the Russian occupiers are focusing their efforts on taking control of the Popasna and Rubizhne districts, establishing full control over Mariupol, and preparing offensive operations near the Zolota Nyva settlement,” the report reads.