Russian forces are attempting to conduct intensive offensive operations, concentrating their efforts on several key sectors, while Ukraine’s Defense Forces are employing a strategy of active defense involving counterattacks and offensive operations wherever possible.
According to Ukrinform, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said this in an interview with Militarnyi.
“They [the Russians] are trying to carry out intensive offensive actions. The key feature is that they are now concentrating on several main directions: Pokrovsk, Ocheretyne, Oleksandrivka, Kostiantynivka, Lyman, and partly Kupiansk. In addition, lower-intensity operations are being conducted along the state border in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions,” he said.
According to Syrskyi, Ukrainian troops are fully applying the principle of active defense, combining counterattacks and offensive actions while also seizing the strategic initiative in certain sections of the front.
“We must seize the strategic initiative, and therefore we are conducting active defense. Thanks to this, in March our troops regained control of nearly 50 square kilometers of territory that had been occupied by the enemy,” the Commander-in-Chief said.
