Russia concentrated about 200,000 troops in southern Ukraine: will there be an offensive.


In southern Ukraine, Russia has concentrated approximately 200,000 troops. However, the enemy did not create invincible groups. This was reported by the representative of the Southern Defense Forces, Vladyslav Voloshyn, on the TV channel.
Regarding each direction - the enemy distributes forces according to where it increases efforts, where it holds defense, distributes forces in each sector of combat. Currently, the enemy has not created offensive groups, as our intelligence reports, but in several sectors, it is creating additional assault groups for conducting assault actions with small infantry forces
Voloshyn added that Russia is gathering armored vehicles at some front sections to support these assault actions.
Let us recall that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting a stabilization operation near the village of Levadne, where the enemy has seized territory. The representative of the Southern Defense Forces, Vladyslav Voloshyn, stated that the village of Levadne is on the path to the settlement of Velyka Novosilka. He emphasized that this settlement is an important hub in the south of the Donetsk region and is actually the border with the Dnipropetrovsk region.
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