Putin's "Gift" is prepared: the ex-speaker of the General Staff told if the breakthrough of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation near Kupyansk is possible

The extent to which the situation becomes and whether the breakthrough on this area of ​​the front is possible, the Observer was commented by a military expert, a former spokesman for the Armed Forces General Staff, Colonel Vladislav Seleznev. The expert emphasized that the fighting in Kupyansk and Liman directions continue, but it is unlikely that these are the areas of the front where Russian invaders will seek to prepare Putin's gift for March Elections.

More likely, according to the colonel, the occupiers in this capacity will try to present their president's full occupation of Avdiivka - there is a more difficult situation for the Armed Forces. "I would pay attention to the fact that Russian propagandists declare the control of the settlement Tabaivka. It is located in the gorge, in the lowlands, so to be directly there either to the Ukrainian forces of defense nor Russian invaders is unprofitable," Seleznyov said.

Most likely, according to the expert, it is a "gray" zone, and the statements of the Russians are not true. "There is a risk that settlements located at altitudes, under the control of the enemy, will create many problems for any garrison stationed in Tabaivka," the colonel explained. At the same time, Seleznyov emphasized that the trends observed in the Kupyansk direction are quite difficult.

At the same time, the colonel refers to Sinkivka, where the Russian army has been promoted for several days.

"Not because the occupying forces and means are so great, but rather, due to a number of mistakes of military leaders on the locations of our forces and means that are conducting defensive fights there," the expert said, expressing the hope that the commander of the Land Forces, General Alexander Sirsky, said Together with their subordinates, they will find the opportunity to stabilize the situation.

Seleznyov emphasizes that the movement of the enemy in this direction in the Kharkiv region is obvious. It is obvious that it is important for the occupiers to capture the entire area, to go to the Oskil River and to control the large railway node-Kupyansk-Nuzol.

"In the framework of this mission, the enemy is operating," the expert concludes, and notes that today the enemy in Kupyansk and Liman directions is currently forming forces and opportunities for further attacks for the purpose of occupying certain territories of Ukraine. We will remind, on January 31 analysts of the American Institute of War Study reported that the invaders achieved tactical success southeast of Kupyansk.