In his opinion, Russia will concentrate its attack on Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, but can also advance on the eastern fronts in the Kupyansk (Kharkov region) and estuary (Donetsk region), as well as to the southeastern fronts in the Zaporozhye and Novopavlovka area. Absolute priority will probably be in the Pokrovsky direction, he said.
Palisa emphasized the importance of security guarantees by American and European partners of Ukraine, who could help restrain the future attacks of Russia.
Reuters notes that the United States did not take on obligations to provide security guarantees, although European countries are discussing the possibility of creating a “coalition of people”, which could deploy a military contingent to strengthen the deterioration.
Context
The aggressor of the Russian Federation unleashed a war against Ukraine in 2014, when it occupied Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. On February 24, 2022, Russia began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine from the northern, eastern and southern directions. In the spring of the same year, the Ukrainian army was discovered by the north of the country, in the fall – part of the Kharkov and Kherson regions, in particular Kherson. The hottest section of the front today is the Donetsk region. In June 2024, the Russian army launched an invasion in the north of the Kharkov region. In April 2025, battles for Volchansk continued.
August 6, 2024 APU entered to the territory of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, bordering the Sumy region. February 19, 2025 at the General Staff of the APU reported that The Russian Federation tried to advance towards the Sumy region.
On March 27, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in Paris that Russia is preparing for new offensive operations in the northeast of Sumy, Kharkov and Zaporizhzhya regions. Associated Press, citing statements by Ukrainian officials and military analysts, reported that the Russian Federation was preparing for a new attack on Ukraine in the coming weeks. The report of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) dated March 29 states that Russian troops are preparing to intensify offensive actions On several sections of the front in the spring and summer of 2025, hoping to influence the ceasefire and peace negotiations.
The Commander -in -Chief of the ZSU, Alexander Syrsky, stated on April 9 that the offensive in the Kharkov and Sumy regions has actually begun.
