The people's militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic has published a plan for the offensive of the armed forces of Ukraine in the Donbass.
According to the people's militia, the 26th, 43rd and 55th artillery brigades of the Ukrainian army are planning to carry out a massive fire strike with rocket and cannon artillery. They intend to destroy military and civilian facilities on the territory of the DPR by planes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is planned from three directions: Kramatorsk-Debaltsevo, in the Azov direction, in the Lugansk direction, according to the DPR. They claim that in the first case, a strike will be carried out using tanks, air assault brigades and artillery brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to reach the border with the Russian Federation.
In the Azov direction, according to the police, with the help of naval forces and artillery, it is planned to reach the Ilovaysk-Ulyanovskoye line and develop an offensive along the Russian border in the direction of Krasny Luch.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will carry out limited offensive operations with the forces of motorized infantry and mechanized brigades. The purpose of this offensive is to block the Luhansk-Debaltseve M-30 highway, develop the offensive into the depths of the LPR defense, go to the Krasny Luch direction and connect with the South group. During the hostilities, it is planned to encircle and block large settlements Donetsk, Lugansk, Gorlovka, Alchevsk.
The Ukrainian side has not yet given official comments on this topic.
The situation on the line of contact in eastern Ukraine escalated on the morning of February 17. The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) reported the most active shelling by the armed forces of Ukraine in recent months.
Earlier it was reported that in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, government agencies and enterprises were transferred to wartime mode, and the military commissar ordered all those liable for military service to arrive at mobilization points.
The day before, the leadership of the DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of residents of the republics, mainly women, children and older people, to the Rostov region in connection with the threat of a military attack from Ukraine.
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