Threat from Rivne to Chernihiv region: the Russian Federation can step on Kiev - Georin (video)

To spread: The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can start a new offensive in Kiev under the cover of military exercises "Waving 2025" in Belarus. The Russians will act depending on the situation at the front and try to delay the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the north, for battles near Rivne, Zhytomyr and Chernihiv, explained one of the Ukrainian commanders.

About the possible offensive of the Russian Federation Deputy Commander 3 OSHBR, Lieutenant Colonel Maxim Zhorin told Times of Ukraine Telegram-channel. Georin answered the question of a journalist who was interested in the likelihood of a breakthrough on the northern border and a repeated offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to Kiev. The military confirmed that Russians can really try to do so, but have not yet made the final decision.

According to him, the enemy will first appreciate the existing Ukrainian forces, successes and failures in battles. According to Zhorin, the northern regions from Rivne to Chernihiv. "Yes, there is a threat [the offensive of Kiev]. The military clarified that the Russians, when the invasion in 2022, had a plan that they moved from the north and cut the main trails and logistics from west to east. If the enemy is achieved, then "collapse and complications" may occur.

However, today the Russian command has no confidence that it can achieve it, so there is no new offensive. "Nothing has changed. They are also looking at this side. However, they realize that they will not be able to do so. That is why they do not. If the Russians do not show strength both on the battlefield and in the world stage, they can believe in themselves and try to do so," Georin explained.

It should be noted that "West 2025" is a joint military exercise of the Russian Federation and Belarus, scheduled for mid -September 2025. According to the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Alexander Sirsky in conversation with the "left shore", the Russians plan to organize "visibility of the exercises". In fact, the enemy will cross the troops and create a group that can, if necessary, be a new threat. According to Sirsky, the war should not be expected, because "its pace is just growing.

" Focus gathered the opinions of military observers and experts on the possibility of Russian offensive from the north. The military-political observer of the "Information Resistance" group Alexander Kovalenko explained that the plans of the Russians will depend on the amount of living force that will be collected to study in Belarus. In particular, in the first days of the invasion of the Russian Federation, a 40,000th army was thrown forward, but for a new offensive will need 80-100 thousand.