Ukrainian forces pose for a picture in the recently liberated town of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region [Press Service of the State Security Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters]
The Guardian: Ukraine’s southern offensive ‘was designed to trick Russia’
Exclusive: Russian forces wrong-footed by attack in Kharkiv region after preparing for offensive in the south
The much-publicised Ukrainian southern offensive was a disinformation campaign to distract Russia from the real one being prepared in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine’s special forces have said.
Ukrainian forces are continuing to make unexpected, rapid advances in the north-east of the country, retaking more than a third of the occupied Kharkiv region in three days. Much of Ukraine’s territorial gains were confirmed by Russia’s defence ministry on Saturday.
“[It] was a big special disinformation operation,” said Taras Berezovets, a former national security adviser turned press officer for the Bohun brigade of Ukraine’s special forces.
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WNU Editor: If these Ukrainian reports are true it is no solace to the thousands of Ukrainian soldiers killed and wounded in the Kherson offensive whose territorial gains were minimal at best .... Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers Give A Grim Picture Of The War To The Washington Post (September 8, 2022).
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