A forced evacuation of women with children has begun in the Sinelnysh district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, including Raipole, just 7 km from the border with Donetsk.
One of the villages being evacuated is Raipole - a village where almost 1,000 people lived before the war. Despite statements by local authorities that there have been no breakthroughs in the region, it is already clear that Russia is almost at the border and will not stop, Informator reports.
Raipole is a village 7 km from the border with Donetsk region and 27 km from Pokrovsk. It is also located 7 km from the relatively large village of Mezhova, which before the war had a population of over 7,000 people and was the regional center. The Dnieper River is located 130 km from Raipol.
A week ago, military commander Andriy Tsaplienko wrote that "the Russians are trying to reach the borders of the Dnipropetrovsk region before the sacred date of May 9". So the evacuation of Raipol and other nearby settlements shows that Russia has almost completed this task.
Tsaplienko, who refers to the testimonies of Russian prisoners of war of the Pokrovskoye direction, indicates that upon reaching the borders of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Putin may announce the termination of his "Special Military Operation". And also declare an "anti-terrorist operation" in Ukraine.
"Russian commanders also talk about such plans among themselves - this information is confirmed by the prisoners“, writes Tsaplienko.
This information may be true, but the change of name will not affect the course of hostilities. However, it may affect the attitude of Western partners, especially the United States. The termination of the SVO can be interpreted as another step to confirm Putin's "peacefulness“.
The Ukrainian media recalls that Russian forces have recently advanced near two settlements in the Donetsk region. These are the villages of Kotlyarivka and Zaporozhye in the Pokrovsky district.