All language subtitles for 22-06-2023tfrtde

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?