By Victor Duda
The journalist of the publication asked the Ukrainian general whether it was true that on his initiative the plan of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2023 was changed and instead of one direction of impact of the defense force began the offensive actions at once in three directions, which allegedly caused the failure. "Each of our officer, the general who participated in the fighting, knows that this is not true at all. Yes, we had an offensive south of Bakhmut.
But we carried out offensive actions by two brigades from the group. He added that according to the plan, the Ukrainian troops had to cut 3 major roads that the invaders carried out logistical support of their forces. But already at the planning stage of the command understood that the forces in Ukraine were not enough - there were only 2 brigades, but there was a calculation for surprise.
"We were counting on the surprise, that we are not so adventurous, but bold actions to break the enemy's defense, taking into account that she was not ready, was not the way in Zaporozhye. The side of the road between Bakhmut and Debaltsev, which was the main one for the provision of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and from it departed the road to Popasna. "In principle, these are three roads, which were carried out by the logistics support of the group, which numbered 20,000.
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