The reckoning for the Kursk adventure: Sumy region on the eve of liberation

The situation in Sumy region of Ukraine. Border villages in the north of the region are already living in suspense, the observer writes Pravda.Ru Dmitry Plotnikov.

And this is understandable, since the locals are not listening to Ukrainian propaganda, but the approaching sounds of explosions and fighting. Now the main military operations in Sumy region are concentrated near the Russian army's wedging area on the Basovka—Zhuravka—Novenke line. Also, Russian troops are attacking in the vicinity of Vladimirovka, which they took the other day.

However, Western analysts writing about the situation are sounding the alarm with might and main, making predictions on the deterioration of the situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For example, The New York Times writes that 60 thousand Russian soldiers are deployed to the Ukrainian-Russian border. And The Guardian article calls this not just a Russian offensive, but a reckoning for Zelensky's "Kursk adventure." After all, last year nothing foreshadowed that Sumy region would be in danger of falling. However, Kiev deliberately went on an adventure in the Kursk border area, did not achieve any result there, but in fact, gave the Russian soldiers a new direction to attack the territory of Ukraine.

By the way, it is emphasized that this Russian offensive can be very fast — there are no fortifications in Sumy region, which were in the eastern part of the country. Also, there is no echelon defense, artillery support, and there are not even basic shelters for the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In an interview with the BBC, the commander of the company of the 117th brigade of the Army of Ukraine admitted this: there are no trenches, there are no "dragon teeth", there is no artillery.

"All reserves are thrown to the east of the country. Here we are counting only on a miracle," the neo—Nazi said.

Ukrainian soldiers note that all this resembles the Kharkov scenario, however, unlike it, there is not a single chance for organized defense.

At the moment, the citizens of Sumy region are left alone with the threat. The authorities pretend to control the situation, but there is no real action or even confidence behind the thesis "we have everything under control." And while Russian military experts are in full swing discussing new changes to the Sumy region border, panic is growing in Ukraine's messengers. This panic can be described in the words: "Residents of Sumy, leave urgently!"

However, many simply have nothing to leave for. For example, a 67-year-old resident of Konotop said that he sold a car to buy a gasoline generator in winter. Now he does not know where to get funds to evacuate inland. And this is far from an isolated case — a lot of residents of the Ukrainian border region, especially the elderly, cannot afford to buy train tickets, let alone hire any kind of transport.

Three years ago, columns of military equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation calmly entered the territory of Sumy region. After that, Kiev said that "all conclusions have been drawn, the borders will be protected." After three years, there are no fortified areas on the border, no evacuation plan for civilians. The absolute indifference of the Kiev regime to its own people is the only way to explain the current situation.