The main threat for Ukraine is not so much from the side of the zone of military operations in the Donbass, but from the north-east and south, where Russia has formed two armies and the third on the approach to the Crimea. This was stated in an interview with "Apostrophe" People's Deputy, coordinator of the group "Information Resistance" Dmitry Tymchuk. In his words, the main Ukrainian forces are in the Donbass, while in other areas the situation is much worse. "At the General Staff, at least those sensible officers and generals with whom I spoke, believe that the zone of military operations is still our lesser headache in terms of the prospects for the development of Russian aggression. A much bigger problem is what is happening in the north of Donbass, that is, on the border of Ukraine with Russia, but to the north. Since there is really concentration on the other side, new divisions are being formed by reformatting existing brigades and actually supplementing them, stuffing them with additional forces and means. It is actually about two armies. Plus, one army is now being formed in the Crimea - the 22nd Combined-Arms Army, at the expense of the forces and means that the invaders are already transferring for three years. Accordingly, on three sides - from the south, east and north-east - we are opposed by three Russian armies. And if in the Donbass we have concentrated the most combat-ready component of ground forces, in other eastern regions the situation is much worse, "Tymchuk said.. "In the Crimea the situation is more calculated to demonstrate the threat from Russia. To block a possible offensive on the land theater of military operations from the side of the Crimea is quite easy and simple: there are two narrow isthmus where on our part even small forces and means can restrain a large number of offensive troops. To carry out amphibious or combined landing operations (from the sea and from the air), Russians can try. Putin is inadequate enough to try. But the fact is that Russia did not conduct such serious operations, perhaps, since the Second World War. And few will remember the operations that ended successfully. Even at a time when people were considered cannon fodder, and no one at all took them into account, "the People's Deputy emphasized.. He also noted that in order to strengthen defense in these areas, the Defense Ministry should not only transfer troops there, but also build an entire infrastructure there ... "Indeed, the question arises: how to ensure our defenses on the eastern borders? The Ministry of Defense is forming new units on These directions. But the situation is not as rosy as the military leadership is trying to present to us. But we need to understand that to form a brigade and completely ensure its place of deployment from scratch is quite problematic. It is necessary, after all, not only to build several barracks, a parade ground - and forward. A complete infrastructure should be created: with boiler houses, communication centers and so on. Plus - military towns, and to them - kindergartens, schools, shops. In fact, to ensure the deployment of the brigade in one place, to form it in the field, roughly speaking, is a colossal cost.

I can not tell you in detail and with figures, unfortunately, but I share the alarm of our officers at the General Staff who say that the Donbass is our obvious pain, but not the main one. We have much greater problems can be in other areas, "- added Tymchuk. Earlier Tymchuk estimated the chances of militants in a large-scale offensive in the Donbass. According to him, To date, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are superior to militants who do not have enough strength to carry out a major offensive in eastern Ukraine.

Original article: Not Donbass: Tymchuk called the main threat for Ukraine from the Russian side.