LUGANSK, October 14. /TASS/. Vitaly Kiselyov, a colonel of the Lugansk People’s Republic and a military analyst, on Friday said Ukrainian forces are planning to start an offensive toward Kremennaya and Svatovo in the republic in the timeframe from October 18 to 20.
"Ukrainian forces are trying to build up a large number of troops to capture the Kremennaya axis and, what’s more important, the Svatovo axis. Tentatively, they are planning an offensive to start on October 18-20. We have trustworthy sources that confirmed that, and also prisoners confirmed that information," he told TASS.
He said the occupation of Svatovo, which is located on a dominant height, would allow the armed forces of Ukraine to go around Lisichansk and Severodonetsk from the east because Ukrainian troops don’t want to make a move on these cities.
"They will be trying to break through, probably in 2-3 waves, because mercenaries will drive ahead these disposable territorial defense troops. The mercenaries include a lot of outcasts that came from Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Germany, and the US. They are ready, for a lot of money, to push these Ukrainian forces to be slaughtered," he said.
Kiselyov said that the breakthrough is scheduled for next week because of the weather. "They expect the weather to worsen so that our drones and our intelligence can’t notice the advance of the forces and means of the Ukrainian military and thus bypass our rear, go to our positions. But whatever it is, our positions are well fortified, equipped and the fascists have no chances there," he said.