In the Kupiansk direction, it is clear that the Russian occupiers currently have two objectives: to eliminate the northern part of our foothold on the left bank of the Oskol River, and to seize Kupiansk-Uzlovoy and the left bank of Kupiansk itself, in order to create conditions for further offensive operations on the right bank of the city.
This was reported by military analyst and coordinator of the "Information Resistance" group, Konstantin Mashovets, on his Telegram channel .
According to the expert, two issues are hindering the enemy's achievement of these goals. Firstly, there is an inadequate number of forces and resources, and secondly, the poor effectiveness of the usual Russian tactics (flanking and encirclement) in this area. Therefore, the enemy command has to seek "non-trivial approaches" for the offensive in the Kupiansk region.
"In this context, the attempt to 'capture' Dvurechne almost head-on (essentially, in a frontal assault) by 'crossing the Oskol River above and below it', especially with apparently insignificant forces and under conditions of SIGNIFICANT difficulties in reinforcing them, looks, to put it mildly, very questionable," said Konstantin Mashovets.
The military expert noted that if the Russians are so eager to break into Kupiansk specifically through the village of Dvurechne, it would be more logical to operate along the right bank of the Oskol River from the border itself, yet they stubbornly attempt to force the Oskol precisely in this area.
