The threat of resumption of the offensive by the Armed Forces of the russian federation on the northern front is growing – General Staff

What happened? The threat of resumption of the offensive by the russian Armed Forces on the northern front is growing.

Source. General Oleksiy Hromov, the representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Details. He noted that the direction of the offensive could be changed to the west of the belarusian-Ukrainian border in order to cut off the main logistics “arteries” of the supply of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine from partner countries.

At the same time, measures are being taken on the territory of belarus to deploy aviation and other units of the russian federation at relevant airfields and other military infrastructure facilities, in particular those that have been put under full control of the russian army.

“Within the framework of the mentioned measures, preparations for hidden mobilization are being carried out on the territory of belarus. The country continues to provide its territory for launching ballistic missiles and drones,” Mr. Hromov explained.

The general emphasised that belarus has placed russian MiG-31 aircraft on its airfields, which can be armed with cruise missiles of the Kalibr type. In the face of this, the Defence Forces are taking measures to ensure reliable protection of the state border of Ukraine and Kyiv from the north.

“In the event that the enemy decides to open the so-called second front, namely to conduct offensive operations from the republic of belarus, we will be ready for an adequate response,” Mr. Hromov added.