Russia creates conditions for an attack in three directions

The General Staff reports that the Russian military is conducting military operations to reach the administrative borders of the Kherson region and create favorable conditions for an attack on the cities of Nikolaev and Kryvyi Rih.

In the Yuzhnobugsky direction, the enemy is conducting military operations to reach the administrative borders of the Kherson region and create favorable conditions for an attack on the cities of Nikolaev and Kryvyi Rih, the report says. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that they expected intensifying fighting in the Kryvyi Rih and Nikolaev directions.

On July 26, the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, told the air of the national telethon that on July 25, three columns of Russian equipment passed through Melitopol. The first one passed from Tokmak, Novofilipovka, and Voznesenka. It had 20 tanks. The second column passed through the central avenue of Melitopol - almost 20 units of landing vehicles, and the third column passed through one of the city's districts. There were more than 30 armored vehicles.

Ivan Fedorov is confident that the offensive will fail.

I am sure that they will not succeed, but today we really see that a fairly large amount of equipment has been transferred over the past few days, he said.

The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops have held positions in the Balakleya and Bolshaya Komyshuvakha regions for several months and can use these two areas as a springboard for an offensive operation.

The Institute for the Study of War emphasizes that capturing the Kharkiv region is unlikely since the Russian army is experiencing problems with the formation of forces and logistics.