Palisa: Russia aims to capture Mykolaiv Oblast and Odesa; for the first time, a plan for a buffer zone in Vinnytsia Oblast has been recorded
In spring–summer, the Russians' main focus will be the Donbas; at the same time they will intensify pressure along the entire Zaporizhzhia direction
Russia intends in the long term to seize the Mykolaiv and Odesa oblasts, as well as Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, which Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, Brigadier General Pavlo Palisa, said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
According to the official, the occupying forces are constantly adjusting their plans and deadlines. In this year’s spring-summer campaign their main attention will be focused on the Donbas, while the enemy will try to increase activity in the South — on the Oleksandrivsk and across the Zaporizhzhia directions, meaning the entire Zaporizhzhia oblast.
Palisa also outlined the enemy’s further intentions, which include buffer zones in the northeast, preparations for attempts at a new offensive in the south, and long-term plans regarding the Black Sea coast.
“As for their further intentions: the Russians still have plans to create a buffer zone in the Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts, to create conditions for an attempt to seize Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, and in the long term to realize their aggressive ambitions to capture the Mykolaiv and Odesa oblasts,”
Separately, the general noted that in the enemy’s updated work there appeared an item about forming a buffer zone in the Vinnytsia oblast from the side of unrecognized Transnistria.
“This is the first time they have recorded plans of this nature. Frankly, I say there is no need to panic here, because at the moment I do not see that they have the forces to carry out all these intentions,”
Earlier we wrote:
- Russian forces launched an offensive on the “belt of fortresses” in Donetsk Oblast, — ISW
- GUR fighters stopped the advance of Russian troops on the Zaporizhzhia direction
- Odesa and Mykolaiv in Russia’s strategic sights: the Armed Forces named key risks for the south
- The enemy attacked Mykolaiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions; there are casualties
- “Pontoon trap”: why Russia is hurrying on the Kherson direction?
