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Over the past days, there have been multiple reports about the possible upcoming offensive of forces of the Kyiv regime on Russian positions in the zone of the Special Military Operation or some other Russian regions (like Belgorod) bordering Ukraine.
According to media reports, the commander of the Joint Forces Forces “North” and the commanders of the 10th and 11th Army Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces received the decree ordering them to deploy 18 brigades and 1 battalion in the specified areas by December 15.
Most of these units have to redeploy to positions in the northeastern part of Ukraine: Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkov and Poltava regions. Some others are also taking positions in Kyiv, Zhitomir and Volyn regions.
For example, the 115th, 116th, 118th separate motorized brigades and the newly created 117th separate motorized brigade are set to operate in the direction of the Russian regions of Belgorod and Kursk. The 158th separate motorized brigade, the 32nd separate motorized brigade and the 162nd separate motorized brigade are deployed in the direction of the Russian region of Bryansk. In addition, several more units are located in the rear of Ukrainian positions: in the regions of Poltava and Kyiv.
If the new offensive of the Kyiv regime on Russian position takes place, it is possible that one of the main areas of the attack may be the line from the Russian region of Bryansk to Belgorod.
Reports say that the Kyiv regime has nine brigades near the contact line. This number does not include counting those, which have been participating in battles for a long time (like the 92nd separate brigade and others). In the rear, Kyiv has eight more formations that could participate in the attack.
The aforementioned brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces either did not participate in the battles at all (or was restored) or participated in a limited way. Therefore, there are signals that the Kyiv regime is really concentrating forces for a new attack on Russia.
