How the frontline will change in Trump’s 50 days: Which cities face Putin’s threat

During the 50 days that U.S. President Donald Trump has designated for reaching a peace agreement, the situation will be most threatening along several frontline directions. The most dangerous area will be the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration.

Military expert Oleh Zhdanov shared this in an interview with Glavred.

According to him, Russian forces are achieving partial successes in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration and are currently attempting to encircle Pokrovsk.

"There is also a threat of enemy forces advancing toward the southwestern border of Donetsk region. They are moving along the Vovcha River and the highway toward Zaporizhzhia," Zhdanov explained.

As of now, Russian troops have fully captured Bohatyr. Zhdanov noted that this area forms a salient where the borders of Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk regions meet. The occupying forces are moving toward this point to "seize this area within two months."

Zhdanov expressed doubts about Russian successes in Kharkiv region.

"Although the enemy has established a third bridgehead there to advance from three directions—Vovchansk, Kupiansk, and Milove — to create a large buffer zone from Vovchansk to Kupiansk, this pertains to Kharkiv region, not the city of Kharkiv itself. A city of a million people, with a perimeter exceeding 100 km, is something Russian forces could never handle — they would get completely bogged down," the expert emphasized.

Russian forces are attempting to encircle the Lyman operational direction in the northeast and the Pokrovsk direction in the south. The occupiers are moving along the administrative border of Donetsk regionng to bypass Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, as they realize these cities are beyond their reach.

"They are attempting a large detour. However, our Lyman operational direction is one of the most resilient in terms of defensive capability. In the south, the Russians have failed to reach Kostiantynivka. In Chasiv Yar, they’ve fizzled out. They are no longer pressing as heavily on the Kramatorsk direction," Zhdanov noted.

The expert highlighted that the occupiers’ main focus has now shifted to bypassing Pokrovsk and encircling the city in a semi-ring to force Ukrainian Armed Forces to withdraw. After that, the enemy could advance northward along the administrative border of Donetsk region to encircle Kramatorsk.