Ukrainian armed forces' plan to attack Russian cities uncovered

He said that at abandoned Ukrainian positions near Avdeevka, notes related to this plan were found on maps dated at least six months ago.

The officer showed these maps to Sputnik reporters and filmed some parts of them on video.

The maps were clearly printed in the Soviet style, on which Soviet place names were clearly visible, for example, the city of Mariupol was also named Zhdanov. At the same time, above the place names were marked the positions of the Ukrainian and Russian troops during the special operation.

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"The markers show: Rostov-on-Don, markers, routes, Donetsk, Lugansk People's Republic, and Kharkov - markers in our direction and in the opposite direction. That is the direction of movement of either equipment, or troops and vehicles of the enemy, both in our direction and in the opposite direction. From this it is possible to determine the direction of movement of forces and vehicles. One of these directions is Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog. Maybe that is where they are planning or wanted to (capture)," the commander said.

According to Sanych, these maps were handed over to the competent authorities, where after studying them, experts concluded that the markings on the maps were inserted at least from July 2022.

There are several "+6°" marks on the maps which the officer interpreted as a sign that the data had been corrected to correct the discrepancies between the old map and the current accurate geographic information.

"In this case, it is probably a mark indicating coordinates and adding degrees in direction, because these are old maps, while the information marked on them was added not so long ago. Maybe it is an adjustment that they marked to make notes for themselves on the map... It is also possible that it is a sign indicating the direction of movement to navigate on their maps along the route," the news agency's interlocutor added.