Russian forces preparing to resume mechanized attacks in southern Ukraine after months-long pause – military

Anastasiia Shevchenko, Deputy Spokesperson for the Operation Task Force South, said this in a comment to an Ukrinform correspondent. “According to our information, after a months-long pause, the Russians are now preparing to use armored vehicles again in southern Ukraine. Russian forces have completed preparations for mechanized attacks during the autumn period and are moving equipment into areas from which they plan to launch offensive operations,” she said. Shevchenko noted that the Huliaipole sector is currently the hottest area in the operational zone of the Operation Task Force South, where the Ukrainian Defense Forces are facing one of the largest groupings of Russian invaders, comprising forces from several Russian combined-arms armies.