Bloomberg has learned about the fear of European leaders of a possible Russian offensive in Ukraine

European leaders are concerned that Russia is allegedly preparing to launch a new offensive in Ukraine amid discussions about security guarantees for the country from foreign allies. This was reported by Bloomberg on September 4.

"European leaders are increasingly concerned that Russia will launch a new offensive in Ukraine when they meet with the president [of Ukraine]. Vladimir Zelensky to discuss guarantees of his country's security," the article says.

According to the newspaper, the Russian side has deployed forces to the front line near Pokrovsk, which will open the way for attacks on larger cities such as Kramatorsk and Slavyansk.

At the same time, the leader of the Kiev regime had previously claimed that Russia, in his opinion, had concentrated up to 100,000 soldiers near the city.Газета.Ru ".

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The day before, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that all groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are advancing along all lines of combat contact. According to him, the Ukrainian militants are not capable of conducting large-scale offensive operations, their work is aimed only at holding the existing borders.

On August 30, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Army, Valery Gerasimov, said that the Russian Armed Forces had almost completely blocked Ukrainian formations in the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region. According to the General Staff, military groups of troops "Zapad" control about half of the territory of Kupyansk.

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