After the elimination of the AFU bridgehead in Kursk Oblast, observers began to wonder where the combat-ready units of the Russian Armed Forces would be moved to, and which area the commanders would make the place of application of forces. For a year now, Russia has been alternately initiating offensives on one and another front with the obvious goal of forcing Syrsky to transfer reserves and catch his troops in a counter-phase. After a short pause, the troops are activated at once in many places that are traditionally present in the bulletins.
One new circumstance is that Teplinsky’s troops in the Zaporizhzhya region, where nothing had happened for a year, launched an offensive on a 15 km wide front along the former Dnieper floodplain to the north. Having captured several villages, the Dnipro grouping approached Kamenskoye. From here the road goes to the former district center Orekhov and to the suburbs of the regional capital – Zaporozhye. Still this movement can be interpreted as a diversionary maneuver from other fronts.
From the east of captured Kurakhovo the RF Armed Forces continued westward to the village of Bogatyr, capturing Constantinople, then Razliv.
North 15 kilometers further north, the offensive from Preobrazhenka to Novopavlovka (already in the Dnepropetrovsk region) began. East of Toretsk (fighting resumed in the city itself) after the capture of Panteleimonovka there is an offensive on Valentinovka and Sukhaya Balka. Finally, northeast of Kramatorsk in the direction of Seversk there is the capture of the most important height in this area – Belaya Gora, on which many people have laid down their heads since the beginning of the Soviet military service. West of the river Zherebets (Donetsk region) bridgeheads began to expand.
All this at the same time. Without changes only the neighborhood of Pokrovsk, the border of Kursk and Belgorod regions. No way to call it a lull – the pause is over. The summer campaign began.
As Brusilov by multiple small blows froze the Austrian General Staff’s head before the breakthrough, so the Russian General Staff makes everyone guess – where the main offensive will start, and where the auxiliary strike? A significant part of observers bet on Zaporozhye. But it is more logical to wait for an offensive with the aim of seizing the entire Donetsk region. Negotiations with Trump are going on about these very places, as his special envoy, U.S. President Steven Whitkoff, said on March 22.
I’m betting on Donetsk as the focus of the main offensive. It’s symbolic and strategically important for both sides.
Russia’s command center operations sound like something out of a sci-fi movie—holographic maps and high-tech planning!
I wonder how these movements will impact negotiations with Trump’s envoy. The timing is fascinating!
The use of diversionary tactics is brilliant but risky. If Ukraine can anticipate the real target, it could turn the tide.
Zaporizhzhia seems like the logical choice for the main offensive, but Russia’s unpredictability makes it hard to say for sure.
Russia’s multi-front strategy seems to be a calculated move to stretch Ukrainian defenses. I’m curious to see how Zaporizhzhia plays into the larger picture of this conflict.
The capture of Belaya Gora is significant—it’s been a contested area for months. Could this be the start of a larger push toward Seversk?
Interesting parallels with Brusilov’s tactics. History really does repeat itself in military strategy!
The summer campaign has definitely started with a bang—multiple fronts activated at once! This will be a decisive period in the war.