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In the last video I talked about the importance of liberating a settlement like Piatykhatky.

And no matter how much propagandists tell us that this is not an important village with a

population of 300 people, the enemy does not abandon attempts to take Piatykhatky back.

More than five unsuccessful attempts have already been made.

Convicts are sent in packs, but they are blown up by their own mines,

killed by Ukrainian artillery and remain right there in the field.

An inglorious loss of life, nobody takes them away, nobody needs them.

That's about the movements in the south, but today I'm going to talk about the eastern direction.

So, there is an activation of Russian occupants in the East.

But you should know a few very important things about this activation in order to

understand what is happening and what to expect, without hypertrophying the

correct and parsimonious information we receive from official sources.

As I said in earlier videos, the east will be one of the most difficult directions to liberate.

One of the most capable groups of Russian troops is currently in Luhansk region.

This is the only direction where enemy units are closest to the standard configuration,

and there are reasons for that. After all, the Russian command nurtured the

idea of a "retaliatory strike" against the Kharkov region as far back as late 2022.

According to the plans of the Russian command by February 24, their grouping should have built up

its potential for a very quick breakthrough with the capture of Lyman and Kupiansk.

But something did not go according to plan and the "great" offensive stalled in its infancy.

In fact, the reason that the "breakthrough" was interrupted was the Ukrainian defense forces,

which were ready to reflect this reflexion.

In addition, the offensive of the enemy forces had to be carried out from open positions,

while the entire Ukrainian defense was built on closed positions.

Second, the intensification of Ukrainian liberation forces in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk

regions forced the Russian command to make a quick and not entirely rational decision.

Intensification of combat operations along the entire R-66 simulates an epic offensive,

to divert attention to this section and draw off the AFU resource.

According to the idea of the Russian command, the Ukrainian side, fearing a breakthrough to Lyman

and Kupiansk, will pull back some forces from Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions to strengthen

its defense in the East, which will allow the occupants to hold their ground in the South.

But it is not clear why the General Staff of the AFU would do this.

As I mentioned above, a similar Russian "breakthrough" has already been thwarted before,

and all because the Ukrainian defense forces are ready for it,

hence the resource required for deterrence has been formed and allocated long ago.

That is, the reflexion of Russian troops in the east is only for the sake of reflexion.

On the other hand, such reflection, in a sense, weakens the integrity of the occupants' own

defense on the bridgehead, as well as forces them to squander a scarce resource. Therefore,

it is possible that as a result of these actions, the occupiers are driving themselves into a trap.

Is this the first time, though?