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“Special Attention Is Paid to the Kharkiv Region; Fierce Defensive Battles Are Ongoing on a Large Part of Our Border Area – Address by the President
12 May 2024 – 19:31
Dear Ukrainians!
Today, the key issue is, of course, the frontline and our counteraction to Russian operations. Throughout the day, there have been reports from the Commander-in-Chief, intelligence, Interior Minister.
Special attention is paid to the Kharkiv region. Defensive battles are ongoing, fierce battles – on a large part of our border area. There are villages that have actually turned from a gray zone into a combat zone – and the occupier is trying to gain a foothold in some of them, or simply use some of them for further advancement. I’d like to thank our warriors who are holding their positions and destroying the occupier. Artillery, drones – everyone who is involved and is involved effectively – I am grateful to you. Our task is obvious – we need to inflict as many losses as possible on the occupier. In particular, on the outskirts of Vovchansk, the situation is extremely difficult – the city is under constant Russian fire, and our military is carrying out counterattacks, helping local residents. And it is very important that everyone who is directly there, in the Kharkiv region, shows maximum efficiency now. In the Armed Forces, in the security forces, in local authorities, in communities. Everything depends on what you are capable of in a war – whether you can withstand the attacks and hold your ground so that everyone else can do the same. The key thing is our resilience and Ukrainian results in battles.
We are also paying constant attention to other areas of combat operations, including the Donetsk sector, where the situation is no less intense. In fact, the idea behind the attacks in the Kharkiv region is to spread our forces thin and undermine the moral and motivational basis of the Ukrainians’ ability to defend themselves. The Pokrovsk direction is the most difficult, despite everything. Just this day alone, there have been thirty combat engagements in the Pokrovsk direction already. The Lyman and Vremivka directions are also tough. Kramatorsk. Kupyansk. Our warriors are adequately retaliating against the occupier and doing everything possible, often impossible, to deter Russian assaults and respond – respond to the occupier with fire.
And one more thing. Russian PSYOPs are always the energy for Russian ground operations. The occupier feeds on lies and the fear that follows the lies. Defensive battles are never easy. And they always become more difficult when the enemy manages to use fear. So now it is safer not to be led by emotions, not to chase the headline, to double-check every news report, to look for information, not emotions or rumors, and to trust the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Our warriors know what to do. And we are working with our partners, including our domestic Ukrainian arms production facilities, to ensure that our warriors have what they need to act. I am grateful to everyone who helps! I thank everyone who fights for Ukraine and fights steadfastly! Thank you to everyone who gives results to Ukraine.
Glory to Ukraine!” https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/osobliva-uvaga-harkivshini-trivayut-zhorstoki-oboronni-boyi-90849
Some Articles Further Reading Related to Russian PSYOPS:
“Psyops run by Russian intelligence reflect HUMINT crisis, set to focus on further falsification of documents” April 11, 2023 https://lansinginstitute.org/2023/04/11/psyops-run-by-russian-intelligence-reflect-humint-crisis-set-to-focus-on-further-falsification-of-documents/
“Kremlin prepares informational background to launch new pandemic, under a false flag May 6, 2024 https://lansinginstitute.org/2024/05/06/kremlin-prepares-informational-background-to-launch-new-pandemic-under-a-false-flag/
“Russia’s ‘New Generation Warfare’ By Phillip A. Karber, Ph.D, 6/4/2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910080916/https://www.nga.mil/MediaRoom/News/Pages/Russia’s-‘New-Generation-Warfare’.aspx
“New Generation Warfare
In a 2013 speech, and in a subsequent article in the Russian-language newspaper Military-Industrial Courier, Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov described Russia’s conception of the nature of war in the modern era, defining it by the use of nonmilitary tools and politically led conflict. Subsequent Russian actions in Ukraine strongly reflected this view, as they were characterized by the extensive use of non-state armed actors, information and disinformation operations, and other non-kinetic strategies.
“The very ‘rules of war’ have changed. The role of nonmilitary means of achieving political and strategic goals has grown, and, in many cases, they have exceeded the power of force of weapons in their effectiveness.” General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation
Gerasimov described the Russian military’s awareness of the complex and interconnected nature of modern warfare, increasingly defined by a mix of non-kinetic tactics and conventional military force. Gerasimov’s description was the culmination of various debates in the Russian military about what it perceives as the changing nature of war, or what it calls new generation warfare (NGW). NGW describes a holistic approach to modern war that encompasses a range of political, military, information, and economic tools across situations and locations. It presumes conflict will often be preceded by psychological and informational contests to weaken an adversary’s morale and capability to sustain conflict. NGW does not lower the importance of military power; instead, it recognizes the added importance of non-kinetic and asymmetric tools.” “Russian Armed Forces: Military Doctrine and Strategy” Congressional Research Service, August 20, 2020 https://crsreports.congress.gov https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/IF11625.pdf
“COUNTERING GRAY-ZONE HYBRID THREATS: An Analysis of Russia’s ‘New Generation Warfare’ and Implications for the US Army” By John Chambers October 18, 2016 https://mwi.westpoint.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Countering-Gray-Zone-Hybrid-Threats.pdf
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