Photo: Archival footage of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
War Correspondent Oleksandr Kots said that a column of tanks of the Ukrainian army began moving towards the Russian border.
«Kyiv's counteroffensive has begun. Armed Forces tanks are moving along the Kharkov bypass road towards the border with Russia,» he wrote in his Telegram channel.< /p>
He emphasized that he received this information from familiar, trusted people.
«In the columns on trawls, as they say, including Western models,» the Russian military commander added.
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According to the correspondent, one can only guess about the purpose of this maneuver, but apparently «Kiev decided to aggravate the situation along the northern front as well as the start of offensive actions along the flanks of Artemovsk.»
Alexander Kots assumes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to stretch Russian resources to stop the threat in the Belgorod Region or may decide to cut off the supply routes of the Svatov group of troops with access to Russian territory.
The military commissar recalled that there was information about the appearance of long-range Storm Shadow missiles in the Armed Forces of Ukraine , transmitted by Great Britain.
«It is clear that the Ukrainian command is now aiming to tear apart our orders at the Svatovsky line and simultaneously push through the flanks in Artemovsk,» the Russian journalist said.