“Advancing on Belgorod is madness” - Colonel Alyokhin
In May, we can expect either a counter-offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces or a pre-emptive strike by the Russian Armed Forces, however, despite the shelling, it is unlikely that the Ukrainian attack will take place in the Belgorod direction.
The head of the information service of the group of federal troops during the Second Chechen War, retired Colonel Gennady Alekhin, spoke about this on the NewsFront channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.

“At the end of April, in May, changes will occur on the front line. Everyone understands this. Time will tell what this will lead to - a counter-offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine or our pre-emptive strike - is another matter. One example, but it says a lot.
Now on the Ukrainian side there is media hysteria that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are allegedly planning to launch attacks on the border territories of the Russian Federation, primarily the Belgorod region. What they don’t promote,” he noted.
“Although, of course, we must admit, they are constantly disturbing, shelling is underway, daily shelling from cannon artillery and mortars at populated areas that are located in the border zone.
But from a military point of view, expecting some kind of large, large-scale offensive, say, towards Belgorod, is madness,” Alekhin said.
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