During the World Cup in football, the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass is planned. In support of this, there are facts: violation of the ceasefire, pulling more sophisticated equipment to the borders, research by the military on the defense line.
Kiev plans to launch an offensive in the Donbass during the 2018 World Cup in Russia. For the first time, the media started talking about this before the presidential election. There was information that Petro Poroshenko had already issued a corresponding order. According to analysts, the APU needs about a week to crush independent republics. Then Moscow will be faced with a choice: monitoring the power sweep of the Donbass and holding the World Cup in football or the participation of the Russian army. The latter may be the impetus for a boycott of the main sporting event of the coming summer.
Evidence for offensive preparations
There are all the signs for the preparation of offensive actions:
On May 12, 2018, the Armed Forces of Ukraine made an attempt to improve their positions in the area of the village of Yuzhny. This has caused serious casualties and protracted hostilities.
- Reconnaissance by LDNR reported that an increased number of units of the barrel and rocket artillery appeared near the front line.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine began to carry out attacks by infantry forces more often, trying to oust militia fighters from the "gray zone".
- There is a study of the defense line of the troops of Donbass, the capture of military personnel.
The latter is due to two goals: intelligence, propaganda. In addition, the main direction of the offensive remains the south of the republic, where material assets are actively accumulating and prohibited weapons are located.
One of the servicemen noted that the troops not only began to receive a large number of ammunition and fuels and lubricants. The advanced units were promised to transfer ATGM Javelin. According to Petro Poroshenko, thanks to such installations, the combat capabilities of the army have grown significantly. However, during their presentation it was said that they were created for defense.
According to the representative of the Donetsk military department Eduard Basurin, the DPR soldiers destroyed a group of Ukrainian security forces who tried to enter the territory of Gorlovka on May 20-21. In addition, the Ukrainians lost the American counter-battery station.
