Head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai commented on the information that the Russians might be preparing a new offensive against Ukraine. We are talking about an attack from the Lugansk region.
Sergey Gaidai said on the air of one of the TV channels that the Russian invaders would soon complete their training, writes Channel 24. A probable attack from the East was also discussed at the American Institute for the Study of War.
Can Russia attack again from the East
Rusty is definitely preparing for something on the Eastern Front in February… Next month, the two-month training course for the new mobilized is just coming to an end. And this whole multi-thousand invasion can be distributed along the front, – said the head of the UVA.
According to Sergei Gaidai, no one in Russia canceled the order by the occupiers to enter the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
What forces can attack again from the Luhansk region
The head of the Lugansk OVA explained that Russian infidels, as regular military men, will not have any quality.
“It's still a huge invasion of armed people, who in any case have weapons. They shoot, they are supported by heavy equipment, both tanks and artillery. This is quite dangerous,” Gaidai explained.
However, he assured that the Ukrainian military is very motivated, ready to defend and hold the line.
However, Sergei Gaidai noted that the Russian regime does not spare people: “They simply fill up any positions with corpses. And so they can push through somewhere (APU – Channel 24) step by step.”
According to Gaidai, dozens Thousands of their dead in Russia are of no interest to anyone. Moreover, the head of the Lugansk OVA said that:
- the invaders delivered an ultimatum to the Gauleiters in the temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk region: either Russia will reach the administrative borders of the region before April 1, or there will be “personnel decisions”;
- the deportation of people from the occupied territories living near the front continues. After all, the Russians are afraid that people are passing information about their location to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Probably a new Russian offensive: in short
- ISW stated that they are considering 3 scenarios for the actions of the Russian army in 2023. First, they talk about a large Russian offensive in the Luhansk region, or Russia may try to successfully repel the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and deprive Ukraine of the initiative. Well, an attack from Belarus is also unlikely.
- Subsequently, The Guardian explained that the East direction is perhaps the most likely. for big offensives on both sides in the spring.
- On January 31, 2023, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia was building up forces for a subsequent war and a new invasion. In particular, this is evidenced by the mobilization of more than 200 thousand people, potentially even more, the purchase of weapons and ammunition, in particular from Iran and the DPRK, and the increase in their own production.
