Cut out Ukraine from Europe: Putin prepares 700,000 soldiers for a new offensive - media
Journalists refer to the Telegram channel "Volia Media", but these data are not confirmed by either Ukrainian or Western intelligence. Sources of journalists in the Russian Armed Forces claim that Lutsk and Lviv will be the purpose of a new attack of Russian troops. The Russian military command can try to cut the corridor in the western part of Ukraine, through which weapons are supplied to Kiev. So the Russian Federation can try to capture the territory near the border with Poland.
It is reported that the new plan was developed by General Valery Gerasimov, who was appointed commander of the Russian group in Ukraine, is considered to be before the start of the new offensive. It is reported that according to Gerasimov's plan, the offensive to the western regions of Ukraine should force Kyiv to capitulate. However, the last 11 months have shown that the Russians have underestimated Kyiv and at the same time overestimated their own capabilities.
It is reported that Putin signed the plan of Gerasimov, who demanded to take command of the occupation group in Ukraine, so as not to repeat the mistakes last year. In general, the plan of Gerasimov is almost the same who was in the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in February last year: to capture Ukraine with a decisive attack.
According to media reports, Gerasimov prepared a group of Russian troops for the offensive on Lutsk and Lviv from Belarus, and units stationed in the Belgorod region of Russia should attack Kharkiv. And the new offensive itself can begin within a few weeks. Journalists give words a source personally familiar with Gerasimov.
According to him, the commander always wanted to fight, as in the Second World War: "To make the divisions walking in the fields, and the artillery level the city with the earth. " The scale of new combatants, according to journalists, can surpass everything that has been before since February 24.
According to some reports, Putin set the task of capturing Donbas by March, for which it is planned to carry out additional mobilization and call half a million people in the army in addition up to 300 thousand mobilized in October, according to Ukrainian leadership. Earlier, Focus reported that in the Russian Federation Azarov, Medvedchuk and Yanukovych were offered to create a "exile government".