Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, explained the reasons for the unsuccessful attempts of the Russian army to advance in the Izyum, Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, which are the main ones for the Russian command on the eve of the key date for Putin – May 9.

He said this in an interview with Channel 24.

“They are trying to attack in three main directions: Izyum-Slavyansk-Kramatorsk-Barvinkovo, also in Gulyaipole, in the Zaporozhye direction, also in the direction of Kryvyi Rih and in the Kherson direction. Tactical actions are taking place there, they are not particularly moving forward,” he noted. Arestovich.

According to him, even with the advantages in forces and means in certain areas, the occupiers are not able to fulfill military and political tasks – to reach the borders of Kherson, Lugansk and Donetsk regions until May 9.

The reason for the decrease in the intensity of hostilities in the Izyum direction was that the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked three enemy command posts, and the invaders were engaged in rotation, replenishment of losses, and “in the end, they ran out of steam due to huge losses.”

In two other directions, Zaporizhia and Kherson, Ukrainian soldiers “carry out the rear” of the invaders, destroying ammunition and fuel depots, and strike at the accumulation of troops.

“Last week there was even a period when not a single car came from the territory of Russia to help for four or five days. But now it has already entered, they are regrouping there, preparing, they will try to advance – May 9 looms in front of them, we need to move at least somewhere,” he said.

Recall that earlier the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said when a turning point in the war could come, and Ukraine would be able to go on the offensive.

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