He expressed this opinion in an interview with Ukraina.ru.
According to Knutov, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to disperse planes and aviation to airfields, "which are not so far from the direction of the main attack on Kherson."
“So that at hour X after the order, aviation would strike, and then the infantry and armored vehicles would force the Ingulets and go in the direction of the Dnieper to Kherson,” he said.
The expert also recalled the strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Antonovsky Bridge.
At the same time, Russian intelligence is working, Knutov emphasized.
So, first, the Russian Armed Forces attacked the bridgehead through Ingulets.
“A strike on airfields is also a preventive measure so that Ukraine cannot even imitate a counteroffensive,” he said.
Knutov recalled that the Ukrainian side needs to "report to its sponsors from Washington" that the weapons they are transferring actually work.
“Zelensky needs a picture.
And today we plucked this picture, ”concluded the expert.
On August 25, it became known that the Russian Aerospace Forces hit five Ukrainian combat aircraft with high-precision weapons at the Mirgorod military airfield in the Poltava region.
Also, the Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of three Ukrainian aircraft in the Dnipropetrovsk region.