A missile attack by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine killed a 2-year-old girl and injured more than 20 people, including children, and President Zelensky strongly condemned Russia.
On the other hand, in Russia, attacks on fuel facilities and other facilities near the border with Ukraine are believed to be one after another, and there is a view that the Ukrainian army is proceeding with a preparatory operation called "formation operation" for a reversal offensive.

The Ukrainian Air Force announced on the 4th that the Russian military attacked in the wee hours of the morning with six cruise missiles and five Iranian-made drones, of which four missiles and three drones were intercepted.

Meanwhile, a missile attack by the Russian military occurred near the eastern city of Dnipro on the 6rd, and according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, a 5-year-old girl was found dead under the rubble of a destroyed house, and 4 people, including five children, were injured.

Ukrainian President Zelensky strongly criticized Russia by posting on SNS on the evening of the 3rd, "Russia has once again proved to be a terrorist state."

On the other hand, in Russia, it seems that there have been a series of attacks with drones against fuel facilities near the border with Ukraine, and there is a view that the Ukrainian army is proceeding with a preparatory operation called "formation operation" to strike down logistical support bases on the Russian side for a reverse offensive.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, a leading American newspaper, published on the 3rd, President Zelensky said that he hoped for more weapons from the West, but "we cannot wait for months," and the future movements of the Ukrainian military are in focus.

Movement around "Formation Operation"

"Formation Operation" is said to refer to the operation of attacking enemy logistical support bases and supply networks to create an advantageous situation for the advance of one's own army.

In an interview with NHK last month, Mr. Samosi, a military expert in Ukraine, said, "It is an operation to destroy military infrastructure and prepare a battlefield. He expressed the view that it was a useful tactic for Ukraine, which is disadvantaged in terms of personnel, to embark on a reversal offensive.

It said a similar operation was carried out before Ukraine's reversal offensive last year.

In an interview with NHK last month, Ukraine's former Deputy Defense Minister Frolova pointed out that "since the beginning of the invasion, formation operations have been carried out around Kyiv, Kherson Oblast, and eastern Kharkiv Oblast.

CNN of the United States reports that as part of these formation operations, Ukraine attacked bridges and ammunition depots and attacked from aircraft using high mobility rocket artillery systems = Hymars last year.

While it is reported that Ukraine is planning a large-scale reversal offensive, CNN reported on the 12th of last month the view of a US military official that "a formation operation has begun prior to the reversal offensive."

In addition, the British business newspaper Financial Times, in its electronic edition dated 30 last month, said that fighting broke out near the border with Ukraine in western Russia on the 22nd of last month,
and that two organizations claiming to be volunteers such as Russians claimed to be involved.
The attacks
carried out by Ukrainian drones on Russian intelligence vessels sailing in the Black Sea and the drone flying around Moscow on March 2 are
all part of Ukraine's formation operation.

It conveys the view of experts that these actions are aimed at distracting the Russian side and forcing it to commit personnel, and that the Ukrainian side will continue its formative operations while looking for effective methods.