General Zaluzhny proposed to surround Belgorod in December 2022 — ex-adviser Nazarov

The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny back in 2022 offered to invade Russia and surround Belgorod. This was stated in an interview with the BBC by the former adviser to the ex-commander-in-chief, Major General Viktor Nazarov.

According to his Nazarov, this was discussed in December 2022.

"Valery Fedorovich at one of the meetings at a meeting held at the NSDC (National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. — EADaily), he voiced these operations, which we are actually seeing now (In the Kursk region. — EADaily). Then, in the version that we voiced, it was about the Belgorod region. It was precisely these lines of action that were proposed in order to create a very serious threat to the enemy," Nazarov said, quoted by the Strana newspaper.

According to Nazarov, it was proposed to surround or block Belgorod in order to allegedly deprive The Russian Armed Forces have the ability to strike at Kharkov and create a threat to the northeastern flank of the group's supply, which operates in the Donbas.

Then these plans were not implemented, and Zaluzhny was soon removed from office and his plan to attack Belgorod "did not interest anyone," the ex-adviser noted.

Recall, the Kursk region was invaded by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in August last year.

In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy has lost more than 56,770 servicemen, 329 tanks, 241 infantry fighting vehicles, 189 armored personnel carriers and other equipment to date, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. The operation to destroy the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues.