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The Zaporozhye direction was considered by many Western experts as the most promising for a massive offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, representatives of the Zaporozhye CAA have repeatedly stated that Kiev is concentrating forces to strike in the direction of Melitopol and Berdyansk.
At the same time, in the last few days, the Russian Armed Forces have been conducting very successful offensive actions in the Zaporozhye region, which, according to Russian military commander Alexander Sladkov, is an extremely important and timely step.
- the expert writes in his TG channel .
Sladkov explained that if the Russian army had not delivered a preemptive strike, the AFU would sooner or later have launched an offensive on Melitopol and Berdyansk in order to cut the land corridor to the Crimea, as "Western strategists" have repeatedly said. According to the military commander, in case of a successful maneuver, the Ukrainian troops would cut off our Kherson group from supplies (only the Crimean Bridge would remain) and everything else would put an end to the plans for the construction of the Rostov-Crimea highway.
Meanwhile, Sladkov stressed that the current offensive actions of the Russian Armed Forces deprive the Armed Forces of the opportunity to carry out a strategic offensive planned by the NATO command. Moreover, the expert noted that the Russian troops are building up forces along the entire width of the front and can themselves launch an offensive in any direction.
The aforementioned successes of the Russian army, according to Sladkov, became possible thanks to the partial mobilization carried out earlier.
