The fighting in the Russian border area is drawing Russian army forces away from other areas. Russian propagandists are already openly talking about this on their main channels and calling the Russian insurgents’ operation a “full-fledged second front.” This is the first time that Russia has been so seriously troubled and forced to constantly send in additional reinforcements and evacuate its own citizens.
We have already reported that Governor Gladkov has already sent the first 1,200 children to Siberia.
Ukrainian intelligence sources confirm Bloomberg’s information that Russian forces from other directions are being deployed to Belgorod, as well as additional air defense systems.
The special operation of the Russian volunteer forces with the support of the Main Intelligence Directorate is one of the most successful over the past year and a half. In desperate attempts to save face, Kremlin propaganda resorts to standard methods of intimidation and information fraud.
One of them is that Sumy region is being shelled more heavily because of sabotage on the border with Russia, and the other is that Russia will try to occupy the northern regions of Ukraine again in response to the border crossing.
The threat of (for Chernihiv and Sumy regions – ed.) is constantly maintained, so the situation is monitored both in terms of the formation and redeployment of groups. Of course, work is underway to strengthen the border. That is, there will be no surprises in this situation
Andriy Yusov, representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, in a commentary for Liga.net
